![]() ![]() So when Old Wilson had dropped his lamp, there’d been no magic to stop the fire from eating up the whole place.Įlsie hated the workhouse. Didn’t want the workhouse to throw her away, too. And when she did, it had vanished beneath her fingertips. She’d pointed it out to both Betsey and James, but neither of them could see it. She hadn’t known the pretty rune on the wall was a fireguard. It wasn’t why the big block of a building raged orange and yellow behind them, its smoke stinging Elsie’s eyes. ![]() ![]() But that’s not why the rug and walls had lit up. Everyone knew it had been Old Wilson, whose knuckles ached when it rained and whose body trembled a little more every year. It wasn’t a matter of who had started the fire. She hadn’t mentioned this to the constable when he’d come around to question her and the other children. * BingeBooks earns revenue from qualifying purchases as an Amazon Associate as well as from other retail partners.Įlsie hadn’t meant to burn down the workhouse. But will she uncover the mystery before it's too late to save everything she loves? So does her trepidation about the rise in the murders of wizards and the theft of the spellbooks their bodies leave behind.įor a rogue spellbreaker like Elsie, there's so much to learn about her powers, her family, the intriguing Bacchus, and the untold dangers shadowing every step of a journey she's destined to complete. Working together, Elsie's trust in-and fondness for-the handsome stranger grows. She'll help Bacchus fix unruly spells around his estate if he doesn't turn her in. To protect her secret, Elsie strikes a bargain. She always did love the tale of Robin Hood.Įlite magic user Bacchus Kelsey is one elusive spell away from his mastership when he catches Elsie breaking an enchantment. Commissioned by an underground group known as the Cowls, Elsie uses her spellbreaking to push back against the aristocrats and help the common man. But as an unlicensed magic user, her gift is a crime. The orphaned Elsie Camden learned as a girl that there were two kinds of wizards in the world: those who pay for the power to cast spells and those, like her, born with the ability to break them. A world of enchanted injustice needs a disenchanting woman in an all-new fantasy series by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Paper Magician. ![]()
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