Before All Is Lost
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Last published Tue, Nov 24, 2015
Lady Henrietta Wickes was rich, pretty, and happy.
Lord Benedict Wickes was rich, handsome, and evil.
When Henrietta found out, she blindly ran. Now she's stuck in the cutthroat underbelly of society known as the Crease. Henrietta is rescued by the group called Temper Mints and finds refuge in the patchwork family of illegal magicians, mechanics, and thieves.
Henrietta trades her social savvy for street smarts.
Benedict plans to replace the aristocracy with a tyranny.
Struggling with the ethics of law versus humanity, Henrietta must protect her new friends, fight off a new love interest, and save the country from her husband.
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