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Rich, ennobled men are dying across Mayfair. It begins with a Duke's heir and soon the murder has trickled into Miss Christine Downing's life. She has only been married a matter of days before her husband's elder brother is found dead at the opera. The Magisters, responsible for the regulation of magic in country, place the blame on Enchantresses, the female sorcerers. Though England does not recognize any official Enchantress, women are still able to practise their domestic arts. Christine has long entertained hopes of being able to call herself an Enchantress one day. But, the murders in Mayfair dim that chance with each passing day. The murders reek of a scandal that haunted the halls of Versailles years ago and Christine soon decides there answers lie in the past.

[ COMPLETED AND ON THE WATTYS 2017 SHORTLIST - Excerpt Only] In an era where the drums of war echo over the Northern plains, when the arrival of the next Copper Moon brings about whispers of a shadowy threat, Nell Yngram is only concerned with struggling to make ends meet. Earning a living as a Lampgirl, and having serviced the Moreighs for the last couple of years, she yet dreams of being assigned to the family's ancestral home at Ashenlight. Despite talk of dark secrets plaguing the Samarna Palace, Nell only seeks to earn a good enough sum with which to send back to her family and allow her to return to them. At present, however, such a wish seems impossible. Yet when the former Baron passes away under unforseen circumstances, and his exiled son returns with a foreign bride-to-be, it seems that things certainly are about to change... A story about intertwining lives and internal struggles, dark magic in a rapidly-changing society, and the acceptance of Fate. Cover by: @elphadora

In the turbulent continent of Arianja, fortunes rise and fall like Empires. Sorcerers and soldiers, rebels and royals - all are caught in the chaos of a world where power is a knife pressed to the throat. Amidst shattered thrones and whispered betrayals, the ancient Khlaovi Empire crumbles, and new powers rise in blood and shadow. Here, magic is a weapon. Love is a gamble. And time is an unreliable ally. At the heart of it all stands Anya Katarina Illych Vanion I - Empress, sorceress, a woman who refuses to be a puppet. Beyond the towering Gate lies a thousand shattered realities, and in her arms, a lover she cannot entirely trust. From palace intrigues to the sorcery-laden ruins of forgotten empires, these are the stories of those who would seize destiny - or be destroyed by it.