Imperia Books in Order

Imperia is a pair of adult fantasy romances about women whose ordinary lives change when apparently lifeless objects reveal men trapped by magic. Gena Showalter brings supernatural warriors into contemporary settings, using attraction and curses to create problems that cannot be solved by a simple declaration of love. Each story follows its own couple. The books share a pattern of discovery, close contact, and difficult choices about freedom, while giving their heroines different ways into a world they did not know existed.

In The Stone Prince, Katie James is frustrated with her romantic prospects when she kisses a marble statue. The statue comes to life, revealing Jorlan en Sarr, a warrior from another world. His predicament is the result of a curse imposed by his jealous half-brother. Katie has not merely found a handsome stranger in an unexpected place. She has become involved in a conflict whose rules were established far from her own life, and whose consequences remain attached to the man she has awakened.

A magical rescue is not the end of the problem.

Jorlan’s release has a time limit: he must win Katie’s heart within two weeks or return to stone. That condition puts pressure on a relationship that has barely begun. Attraction can develop quickly, but trusting someone requires more than responding to an extraordinary first encounter. Katie’s practical life and Jorlan’s unfamiliar background create room for humor as well as romantic tension. The opening story turns the wish for an ideal man into a much more demanding question about loving a real person with obligations, enemies, and fears of his own.

The Pleasure Slave introduces Julia Anderson, an antiques dealer in Santa Fe. Drawn to an old jewelry box, she discovers that it contains Tristan, a warrior bound to serve the woman who owns it. Their arrangement places desire beside a troubling imbalance of freedom. For Tristan, the possibility of genuine attachment is complicated by the spell itself. Revealing his true feelings could break the enchantment and separate him from Julia, making honesty seem to threaten the very relationship he wants to preserve.

Read The Stone Prince before The Pleasure Slave to follow publication order, though the second book centers on different people rather than continuing Katie and Jorlan’s romance. The tone combines adult sensuality, magical complications, and the comedy of extraordinary men appearing in everyday surroundings. Statues and antiques serve as thresholds to stories about curses and choice. Readers who enjoy fantasy romance grounded in a heroine’s recognizable daily life will find that contrast central here, with love offering both a possible escape and a new source of uncertainty for the men trapped by magic.