In a world where supernatural abilities, once celebrated, became a forbidden curse, a new leader enacted a deadly law against those possessing extraordinary powers. Half the gifted population was eradicated, leaving the survivors to conceal their true selves.
Kurai Kagesuki, born with these rare abilities, was part of the one-in-a-million generation, her parents being famed assassins. Unbeknownst to her, she was swapped at birth in a hospital by her own parents and was raised as a princess in one of four influential families, blissfully ignorant of her true heritage.
Destiny intervened when, at eight, Kurai's powers unexpectedly surfaced while playing outside the walls of the palace. A figure from the underworld, witnessing her untamed abilities, approached her, revealing the grim reality of powers being illegal. The enigmatic villain presented a choice - join his secret organization or face the merciless consequences of her born abilities.
Reluctantly embracing her destiny, Kurai honed her abilities in secret beneath the palace, guided by the once-mysterious mentor. Each day, she clandestinely practiced her powers, undergoing rigorous training, growing to resent the oblivious human world that condemned her kind.
As she slowly adapted to her new life, Kurai found allies within the secret organization who shared her dream of restoring the celebration of powers. Navigating dangerous and deadly missions that tested her limits and forming powerful alliances and unexpected friendships. The underground society became her refuge, where her abilities were accepted.
In a world gripped by fear and oppression, Kurai Kagesuki's journey unfolded - a princess embracing forbidden abilities, making alliances in the shadows, clandestinely defying a tyrannical law seeking to extinguish the extraordinary spark within her, and completing deadly missions, all for one purpose.
Frankenstein's Guide (Book 1, the LiteraTours Cozy Mystery Series)
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Jessica "Ike" Wordsworth can dive into books, but she isn't prepared for a monster - and a ruthless murderer killing her tourists.
Ike is fighting the aftermath of a nasty divorce that left her husband in custody of her homesitting business - and her beloved cats.
With nothing but a turquoise construction trailer to call her home, Ike invests her last quid and becomes partner in a tour company specialising in bespoke trips for book-lovers. When the guide hired to take on the first tour drops out at the last minute, Ike has to take over and steer her guests towards the cradle of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein".
All to soon she realises there truly are monsters on the loose, one of them a ruthless killer who's targetting her tourists.
To unearth the truth, Ike will have to cooperate with her moronic partner, Gary Sands, 13th Baron of Nettlehole and founder of LiteraTours. When they don't succeed in stopping the killer, she realises she'll have to take the plunge and draw on some rather unusual skills her family has been hiding from the world . . .
"Frankenstein's Guide" is the first instalment in the "LiteraTours Cozy Mystery series".
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