They have no gods. They work magic, and think they are gods themselves. But they are not. And when they die, they (...) become dust and bone, and their ghosts whine on the wind a little while till the wind blows them away. They do not have immortal souls.
Manipulation, fueled with good intent, can be a blessing. But when used wickedly, it is the beginning of a magician's karmic calamity.
For me, romance shouldn't be based on gender... It's about the love and relationship between two people who see past the corporeal and into each other's souls.
If in any quest for magic, in any search for sorcery, witchery, legerdemain, first check the human spirit.