Fear is as Intimate as Desire Rael Sylverstone is rich, charismatic, and an obscenely talented tailor. His traffic-stopping smile is lethal. When a monster stalks him and leaves mysterious messages, he fears his secret will be revealed. Just when he believes his life couldn’t get any worse, the overseer of Fashion Street threatens his citizenship and business. He’s blackmailed into winning the sewing competition for the royals of Aequitas, or he’ll lose everything. Delilah Walsh has had enough of the Fashion Street overseer ruining her life. Once a talented embroidery artist, Delilah is now relegated to mending and living in squalor. When a sewing competition for the royals is announced, she believes all her problems are solved. She quickly realizes she’s a fish out of water and fighting for her freedom will take a team of friends, an unlikely ally, and all her wits to make it through each trial.