About this ebook
A novella of steampunk and magic, from one of the minds behind the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences.
Lucinda
is a witch in a alternative Victorian London, where being a witch is a
death sentence. Her coven harness sensuality and passion to make magic,
and that is a crime according to the Association of Magicians. Women
with control of sex and magic are too dangerous to tolerate. So Lucinda
and her coven live in secret. That is until she meets a young American
magician, and their attraction cannot be denied, but they have always
been taught such a thing can never be.
Rules however do not apply to the young and powerful. Lucinda and Theo find out just how far they are prepared to go.
Lucinda
is a witch in a alternative Victorian London, where being a witch is a
death sentence. Her coven harness sensuality and passion to make magic,
and that is a crime according to the Association of Magicians. Women
with control of sex and magic are too dangerous to tolerate. So Lucinda
and her coven live in secret. That is until she meets a young American
magician, and their attraction cannot be denied, but they have always
been taught such a thing can never be.
Rules however do not apply to the young and powerful. Lucinda and Theo find out just how far they are prepared to go.
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About the author
New Zealand author Philippa Ballantine, is a fantasy writer and podcaster.
Her
multiple series--Books of the Order, the Shifted World, and the
Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences (co-written with her husband Tee
Morris)--span many speculative fiction genres.
Her works have won an
Airship, a Parsec, and a Sir Julius Vogel Award. They have also appeared
in the Locus Bestseller list, and been in the Goodreads Top Science
Fiction books of 2011.
She currently resides in Manassas, Virginia
with her husband, her daughter, and a mighty clowder of cats. Visit her
online at pjballantine.com or follow her on Twitter @PhilippaJane.
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