<p><b>''Smart and subversive, these charming romances will ignite your heart - and your hope'' </b>Shelley Parker-Chan, author of <i>She Who Became the Sun</i><br><br><b>Proper Regency ladies are not supposed to become magicians -</b><b>but Miss Abigail Wilder is far from proper.</b><br><br>The marriageable young ladies of London are dying mysteriously, and Abigail Wilder intends to discover why. Abigail''s father, the Lord Sorcier of England, believes that a dark lord of faerie is involved - but while Abigail is willing to match her magic against Lord Longshadow, neither her father nor high society believe that she is capable of doing so.<br><br>Thankfully, Abigail is not the only one investigating the terrible events in London. Mercy, a street rat and self-taught magician, insists on joining Abigail to unravel the mystery. But while Mercy''s own magic is strange and foreboding, she may well pose an even greater danger to Abigail''s heart. <br><b><br>From the author of HALF A SOUL com