Those Who Bear Arms Series by Maria Ying

Viveca Hua, arms-dealer. . .. is driven by three things: the certainty of steel, the need to win, and the compulsion to possess. Yves, bodyguard. . .. hunts for the place she belongs, and she might just have found it in the captivating Viveca, who offers her a new organization, an answer—and a collar. But their world is violent. It is unpredictable. Luck alone will not shield them. Together they must survive assassins, rival gunrunners, and their own lethal attraction... moreViveca Hua, arms-dealer. . .. is driven by three things: the certainty of steel, the need to win, and the compulsion to possess. Yves, bodyguard. . .. hunts for the place she belongs, and she might just have found it in the captivating Viveca, who offers her a new organization, an answer—and a collar. But their world is violent. It is unpredictable. Luck alone will not shield them. Together they must survive assassins, rival gunrunners, and their own lethal attraction. The Gunrunner and Her Hound is an F/F/F mosaic novella (40,000 words) built from short stories connected by an overarching plot. Part romance (happy ever after included), part thriller, this is a high-heat love story set in contemporary Hong Kong, where passion burns between a ruthless ice queen and an ex-soldier who fled a ruined empire. less

Olesya Hua, narcotics empress. …has everything: power, wealth, and a city that'll soon be hers. But her hunger is endless. She covets more still—and what Olesya Hua wants, she always gets. Dallas Seidel, syndicate fixer. …lost her chosen family to bloody violence ordered by the Huas. She’ll stop at nothing to avenge them—she’ll stop at nothing until the Hua sisters are in the ground. Their goals are in brutal opposition. Deceit and plots-within-plots will put them at each other's throat... moreOlesya Hua, narcotics empress. …has everything: power, wealth, and a city that'll soon be hers. But her hunger is endless. She covets more still—and what Olesya Hua wants, she always gets. Dallas Seidel, syndicate fixer. …lost her chosen family to bloody violence ordered by the Huas. She’ll stop at nothing to avenge them—she’ll stop at nothing until the Hua sisters are in the ground. Their goals are in brutal opposition. Deceit and plots-within-plots will put them at each other's throat. They careen toward not just mutually assured destruction, but toward a fatal passion that’ll mark them both forever. The Spy and Her Serpent is a trans-for-trans F/F novella set in contemporary Singapore. Contains: high heat, enemies-to-lovers, hurt/comfort, and a butch/femme couple. less