Description

In Victorian London, magic earns you a noose.

Eighteen-year-old Dorothy St. James cant control her magic. To avoid arrest, she locks herself at home and buries her nose in her experiments. But a kidnapper called the Rook is on the loose, and his victims keep turning up insane. When Dorothys father is taken, she must exchange her beakers for bravery and find the Rooks trailthe problem is, only one person ever has: a mysterious masked hero.

Ashley Gardner unabashedly casts illusions, using his charm to flit between the upper ton and the magical underbelly below. When Dorothy accuses him of knowing the masked heros identity, he flatly denies it. Until the clever beauty intercepts a communique he desperately needs.

They strike a bargain: shell give him the message in exchange for three clues to point her in the right direction. But Ashley wont make them easy. In fact, hell make them impossible, because he has his own dangerous reasons for keeping Dorothy awayand Ashley always gets what he wants.

Through dazzling ballets, wild carnivals, and death-defying train rides, Dorothy must use her wits and magic to solve Ashleys riddles and unravel her budding feelings for the illusionist mastermind behind them. The masked hero isnt who she believes, and the Rook is closer than she suspects. While the game was always rigged against her, returning her fathermind intactmight just cheat her out of a heart too.

Author: Jessica Scarlett
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Oliver Heber Books
Published: 07/01/2025
Series: Slanted London #1
Pages: 394
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9781648398407
Language: English

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