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Socerer to the Crown - Zen Cho
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Half a Soul - Olivia Atwater
Soulless - Gail Carriger
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A.G. Carpenter Sep 5, 2018

But when their next youngest sister, Lenora, had been accosted while walking in their own garden and taken the shape of a willow to avoid the lewd advances of Lord Dyaus, Mother had been at turns infuriated and inconsolable. That was when the rain had begun, turning the roads into a slog of mud and deep ruts that kept even the most determined visitors away from the cloud-draped estate.

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A.G. Carpenter Sep 5, 2018

#WIP #WiPWednesday #ComedyOfManners #Fantasy #Femenist
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Every mortal and divine knows it is to be expected that a family with daughters might lose one to the wandering interests of the other gods. When Miss Phryne Fields had been pursued while visiting her eldest sister Diana, she had had the good sense to turn herself into an oak tree. Of course, there was no turning back, but better to be a tree than an old maid trying to outlive a scandal.

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