The Series
One Man, Twelve Romances
His mother read the stars the way his father read books. He is Cancer — the still point at the center of it all. Around him, twelve women, one beneath every sign of the zodiac. One of them, a Cancer like him. Each is a chapter; each book, a sign. Three are written; the map is still being drawn.
The main character
The Cancer Man
Water · the Crab · the narrator
He feels everything and shows nothing. Every woman who follows is a chapter of his life — and the whole series is his confession.
The twelve women — one for every sign
Aries
Fire · the Ram
Headlong and burning — first into every fire.
Awaiting its chapterTaurus
Earth · the Bull
Patient hunger. What she wants, she keeps.
Awaiting its chapterGemini
Air · the Twins
Restless, dual, impossible to hold.
Book OneCancer
Water · the Crab
Tender, guarded, ruled by the moon — she forgets nothing.
Awaiting its chapterLeo
Fire · the Lion
Pride like sunlight; born to be adored.
Awaiting its chapterVirgo
Earth · the Maiden
Exacting, watchful, quietly devastating.
Awaiting its chapterLibra
Air · the Scales
Beauty, and the weighing of two hearts.
Book TwoScorpio
Water · the Scorpion
Desire with a blade hidden in it.
Awaiting its chapterSagittarius
Fire · the Archer
Wild, far-flung, allergic to a cage.
Awaiting its chapterCapricorn
Earth · the Sea-Goat
Cold patience, ambition, the long climb.
Book ThreeAquarius
Air · the Water-Bearer
Distant, electric, impossible to predict.
Awaiting its chapterPisces
Water · the Fish
Dreaming, drowning, dissolving every line.
Awaiting its chapter