Gail Carriger is the author behind the popular Soulless and Blameless series. She writes witty steampunk and paranormal stories, often blending Victorian manners with supernatural adventure.
Poison or Protect
Poison or Protect
Synopsis
Lady Preshea Villentia, the Mourning Star, has four dead husbands and a nasty reputation, and she looks fabulous in black. What society does not know is that every one of those husbands was marked for death by her employer.
Preshea has one final assignment, and it was supposed to be easy: a house party with minimal bloodshed. She had not anticipated Captain Gavin Ruthven, who is massive, Scottish, quietly irresistible, and working for the enemy. In a battle of wits, Preshea may risk her own heart, a terrifying prospect for a woman who never knew she had one.
Poison or Protect is a charming stand-alone love story set in Gail Carriger's steampunk Parasolverse, with appearances from favourite characters and the strategic application of leather gloves.
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Preshea VillentiaProtagonist
Lady assassin known as the Mourning Star, widow of four murdered husbands.
Gavin RuthvenProtagonist
Scottish captain working for the opposing side at the house party.
