**A clockpunk Cinderella Story** Margot, a disinherited viscountess, works as a servant for her widowed step-mother and her step-sister. With nothing but her late father's glass bead necklace for comfort, Margot dreams of a life free from servitude. A visit from Chiara, a mysterious and beautiful guardswoman, thrusts Margot into a world of spiralling war, an inheritance that she does not want, and the terrifying realisation that her parents' glass beads had a far more sinister use than as mere heirlooms. As boundary after boundary in their friendship is crossed, Margot and Chiara wrestle between redemption from their past tragedies, or risking all for a near-impossible future. 🥈Second Place: Sunflower Awards 2021k 🥈Second Place: Books Got Talent Awards 2021 Cover design by @BooksGotTalent