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“Of course,” said Rinaldo. This, he could believe in. “We’re brothers.” The two of them, against the world. He needed nothing more.
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Tansy Rayner Roberts is an award-winning Australian science fiction and fantasy author who enjoys quilting and obscure historiography. She lives with her family in Tasmania and has the complete opposite of botanical magic.
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Don’t miss the Teacup Magic novellas! Gaslamp fantasy with wit, romance, croquet and hedgehogs.
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Tea & Sympathetic Magic
There's nothing more dangerous than an eligible duke...
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At a house party full of ruthless debutantes willing to employ sneaky sympathetic magic to win a husband of quality, Mneme joins forces with an enigmatic spellcracker to rescue the duke from being married against his will.
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If you enjoy Regency house parties, witty romantic banter and high society sorcery, you'll adore this magical comedy of manners cozy mystery novella.
The Frost Fair Affair
Our heroine stumbles across a precarious plot while printing political pamphlets...
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Thanks to last Season’s scandal involving her family, Miss Mnemosyne Seabourne is officially notorious. Wintering in Town, she hopes to use her new celebrity to campaign about the unfair restriction on portal travel for ladies… while being quietly courted by a certain handsome spellcracker.
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As the river freezes over and a spectacular Frost Fair sets up on the ice, Mneme finds herself beset by secret societies, spies and sneaky saboteurs. Who stole her political pamphlets? Who is leaving dead bodies around printing presses for anyone to find?
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Mr Thornbury knows more than he’s letting on. If she can’t trust the man she hoped to marry, Mneme is just going to have to unravel the mystery for herself, quick enough to save both of their lives.
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If you enjoy vintage spy adventures, flirtatious couples and cosy sleigh rides, you’ll adore this exciting sequel novella to Tea and Sympathetic Magic.
Spellcracker’s Honeymoon
Our honeymooning heroine must unmask a magical murderer.
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Happily married, Mrs Mnemosyne Seabourne travels to an island of no magic, for a relaxing honeymoon with her new husband, Thornbury.
But the magic-free Isle of Aster is not what it seems. There’s a monster roaming the hills, a royal scandal brewing on the horizon, and (of course!) an impossible, magical murder to be solved.
On the night of the Midsummer Masque at the Queen’s country palace, Thornbury goes missing, leaving Mneme to unravel a web of secrets and lies involving her own husband.
Who could commit magical murder on an island with no magic? Only a spellcracker...
If you enjoy cozy magical mysteries, glamorous masquerade balls and the art of saucy letter writing, you’ll love this new Teacup Magic novella.
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Curse of Bronze (Gargoyle Mysteries #1)
Who cursed the curse-breaker?
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Tansy Rayner Roberts, House Perilous
