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Author
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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Description
"In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the family's social position. What begins as simple amusement for the bored nobility takes a perilous turn when...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Occupying a mansion cloaked in secrecy, nobles and living dolls reside alongside each other. One such pair, Kate and Emilico, was deemed "of age" recently. But what awaits them in the children's building with their fellow Shadows is a delicately woven web of shifting alliances. Who can be trusted, who can be used, and who must they deceive? Their survival at Shadows House hangs in the balance..."--
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A family of "faceless" nobles reside in a secretive mansion alongside their living dolls, who act as both servant and face. Although Kate Shadow and her living doll, Emilico, hope to be one such pair, their impending "debut" and its possible consequences have cast an ominous cloud over their blissful existence. Strange monstrous creatures roam the halls, while rumors of discarding defective dolls circulate...Fearful of losing her place at the house,...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In the depths of a murky mansion lives a group of enigmatic nobles known as...the Shadow family. With no visible features to speak of, these mysterious aristocrats employ living dolls to act as their "faces." Kate and Emilico are one such pair of mistress and servant, delling in their own little world and learning from each other bit by bit with every new day. But in a house of locked doors, living according to rules from no apparent source--how...
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Kit Darling is a maid with a snooping problem. She's the 'invisible girl,' compelled to poke into her wealthy clients' closely guarded lives. It's a harmless hobby until Kit sees something she can't unsee in the home of her brand-new clients: a secret so dark it could destroy the privileged couple expecting their first child. This makes Kit dangerous to the couple. In turn, it makes the couple -- who might kill to keep their secret -- dangerous to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Suberranean Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
For modern-day detective Mallory Atkinson, being trapped in the body of a Victorian housemaid means overcoming endless obstacles. Her current challenge is winning over the suspicious young parlormaid, Alice. Mallory's plan starts with teaching the girl to make Molotov cocktails, which is a perfectly valid science experiment and not at all a desperate ploy to gain Alice's attention. Before the lesson can begin, though, Alice receives a letter that...
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