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Rosemary & Thyme (Chapters 1-3)
Rosemary & Thyme (Chapters 1-3)
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An ancient evil has awoken in Victorian England, and it knows Clarimonde Betony’s name.

After narrowly escaping arrest as a black magician, Clarimonde knows she can’t return to her perfume shop in London until she’s secured a way to defend both herself and her adoptive family from the monster posing as the country’s newest court sorcerer. Unfortunately, the weapon she requires lies in Whitby, under the careful watch of a lovely, bloodthirsty lady known as the Leanansidhe.

The best way to handle the Leanansidhe is through trickery… but Clarimonde has never been able to stomach a falsehood. Instead, she’s forced to rely on the advice of her foppish, self-absorbed adviser, Lord Foxglove—a faerie who cannot lie, but never tells the truth. Foxglove clearly has his own untrustworthy reasons for helping Clarimonde… but as the true terror of the Leanansidhe becomes clear, even Foxglove might well learn the meaning of fear.

Olivia Atwater offers up another gothic fantasy full of dark magic and deceitful faeries in this second instalment of the Victorian Faerie Tales.

The Witchwood Knot (Second Epilogue)
The Witchwood Knot (Second Epilogue)
Second Epilogue

A second epilogue which takes place after the end of The Witchwood Knot. In this extra chapter, Winnie reads the cards for Clarimonde, and Mr Quincy suggests that they approach a somewhat difficult ally.

The Witchwood Knot (Chapters 1-3)
The Witchwood Knot (Chapters 1-3)
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Olivia Atwater returns to the world of Half a Soul with "a sharp and beautiful gothic romance" (Alix E. Harrow). Dive into The Witchwood Knot, and enjoy a dark faerie tale set in a magical version of Victorian England.

The faeries of Witchwood Manor have stolen its young lord. His governess intends to steal him back.

Victorian governess Winifred Hall knows a con when she sees one. When her bratty young charge transforms overnight into a perfectly behaved block of wood, she soon realises that the real boy has been abducted by the Fair Folk. Unfortunately, the lord of Witchwood Manor is the only man in England who doesn’t believe in faeries—which leaves Winnie in the unenviable position of rescuing the young lord-to-be all by herself.

Witchwood Manor is bigger than its inhabitants realise, however, and full of otherworldly dangers. As Winnie delves deeper into the other side of the house, she enlists the aid of its dark and dubious faerie butler, Mr Quincy, who hides several awful secrets behind his charming smile. Winnie hopes to make her way to the centre of the Witchwood Knot through wit and cleverness… but when all of her usual tricks fail, who will she dare to trust?

Small Miracles (Chapters 1-3)
Small Miracles (Chapters 1-3)
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A “warm, funny, and wonderfully inclusive fantasy” (Sangu Mandanna), this feel-good comedy by author Olivia Atwater mixes angels, demons, romance, and chocolate into a perfectly petty and wickedly entertaining novel.

A little bit of sin is good for the soul.

Gadriel, the fallen angel of petty temptations, has a bit of a gambling debt. Fortunately, her angelic bookie is happy to let her pay off her debts by doing what she does best: All Gadriel has to do is tempt miserably sinless mortal Holly Harker to do a few nice things for herself.

What should be a cakewalk of a job soon runs into several roadblocks, however, as Miss Harker politely refuses every attempt at temptation from Gadriel the woman, Gadriel the man, and Gadriel the adorable fluffy kitten. When even chocolate fails to move Gadriel’s target, the ex-guardian angel begins to suspect she’s been conned. But Gadriel still remembers her previous job… and where petty temptations fail, small miracles might yet prevail.

The Latch Key
The Latch Key
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Lord Elias Wilder, Regency England's court magician, regularly performs three impossible things before breakfast—but the one thing he cannot do is raise a daughter. As Theodora Wilder continues taking children under their roof, however, Elias is finally forced to confront his dark familial past and the matter of his dubious faerie father.

This short, exclusive novella, written from Lord Elias Wilder's perspective, takes place just after the events of Half a Soul and includes glimpses of the Lord Sorcier's childhood in faerie.

Longshadow (Chapters 1-3)
Longshadow (Chapters 1-3)
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Proper Regency ladies are not supposed to become magicians—but Miss Abigail Wilder is far from proper.

The marriageable young ladies of London are dying mysteriously, and Abigail Wilder intends to discover why. Abigail's father, the Lord Sorcier of England, believes that a dark lord of faerie is involved. But while Abigail is willing to match her magic against Lord Longshadow, neither her father nor high society believes that she is capable of doing so.

Thankfully, Abigail is not the only one investigating the terrible events. Mercy, a street rat and self-taught magician, insists on joining Abigail in unraveling the mystery. Mercy is unpredictable, and her magic is strange and foreboding—but the greatest danger she poses may well be to Abigail's heart.

The Latch Key

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