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Unpainted by Dan Fitzgerald

"I'm ready." In the hermetic society of the Painted Faces, pale, unblemished skin is rewarded with station, wealth, and power. Tera would almost rather go unpainted than enter into an arranged marriage with a total stranger, but that would mean giving up the only life she's ever known. Not to mention her share of her family's Pureline fortune. She’s always thought love was a fairy tale and sex a joyless chore, but the alternative might be worse. Enter Aven, a soft buttercup of a man, the kindest and most considerate person she’s ever met. A tropical honeymoon awaits, and with the help of her intimacy consultant, Tera is determined to make the best of this awkward ritual. Amid the island breezes, she and her new spouse form a bond neither of them knew they were capable of. But trouble stirs beneath the polite veneer of the Painted Faces’ society, threatening to tear them—and their entire world—apart. Unpainted is a queer arranged marriage fantasy romance, a standalone in the Weirdwater Confluence universe. It features a dual POV, magical currency shenanigans, mind magic, and inordinate amounts of steamy, fluffy goodness with a soft femdom dynamic.