Born of wood, cloth, and magic, Velsa is a Fanarlem, a beautiful artificial girl raised to be a concubine. Grau is a kind and handsome sorcerer who expects to own a spectacular piece of spellwork. Neither of them expected to fall in love, in a land where the law will never see them as equals.
Radiance by Grace Draven;
Air Awakens by Elise Kova;
The Sharing Knife by Lois McMaster Bujold