Mortal Follies
A young noblewoman must join forces with a rumoured witch to conquer an ancient curse in this devilishly funny and heartwarming sapphic Regency romantasy from TikTok titan and bestselling author of Boyfriend Material Alexis Hall - unmissable for fans of Juno Dawson's Her Majesty's Royal Coven, Sophie Irwin's A Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting, and Freya Marske's A Marvellous Light.<BR><BR>It is the year 1814 and Miss Maelys Mitchelmore finds her entry into the highest society of Bath hindered by an irritating curse. It begins innocuously enough, with her dress slowly unmaking itself over the course of an evening at the ball of the season, a scandal she only narrowly manages to escape.<BR><BR>However, as the curse progresses to more fatal proportions, she realises she must seek out urgent assistance, even if that means mixing with the most undesirable company-and there are few less desirable allies than the brooding Lady Georgiana Landrake-who may or may not have murdered her own father and brothers to inherit their fortune.<BR><BR>If one is to believe the gossip, she might be some kind of malign enchantress.<BR>Then again, a malign enchantress might be exactly what Miss Mitchelmore needs.
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A young noblewoman must join forces with a rumoured witch to conquer an ancient curse in this devilishly funny and heartwarming sapphic Regency romantasy from TikTok titan and bestselling author of Boyfriend Material Alexis Hall - unmissable for fans of Juno Dawson's Her Majesty's Royal Coven, Sophie Irwin's A Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting, and Freya Marske's A Marvellous Light.<BR><BR>It is the year 1814 and Miss Maelys Mitchelmore finds her entry into the highest society of Bath hindered by an irritating curse. It begins innocuously enough, with her dress slowly unmaking itself over the course of an evening at the ball of the season, a scandal she only narrowly manages to escape.<BR><BR>However, as the curse progresses to more fatal proportions, she realises she must seek out urgent assistance, even if that means mixing with the most undesirable company-and there are few less desirable allies than the brooding Lady Georgiana Landrake-who may or may not have murdered her own father and brothers to inherit their fortune.<BR><BR>If one is to believe the gossip, she might be some kind of malign enchantress.<BR>Then again, a malign enchantress might be exactly what Miss Mitchelmore needs.
H | B | T | Gramm
193 mm | 127 mm | 28 mm | 0.286 kg
Erscheinungsjahr
2024
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Verlag
Orion Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1399616455
ISBN-13
9781399616454
Autor
Alexis Hall
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
416
Themen
Fantasy Romance, Historische Liebesromane / Romance, Liebesromane / Romance: Romantasy, paranormal
Keywords
Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Fantasy, Englische Belletristik / Fantasy, TB/Belletristik/Science Fiction/Fantasy
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