Can the Mistress of Whispers find an unholy thief?
Former kitchen maid Bronwyn Blakenhale is already uncomfortable with her new role as Mistress of Whispers in Queen Matilda’s court, but when a noblewoman plays a mean trick on her, Bronwyn is even more eager to leave.
She hopes to escape her new status and return home to Lincoln by joining a band of pilgrims, but when that nefarious noblewoman decides to join them with a sob story about a jealous admirer, Bronwyn knows there is a plot afoot.
Home is the not the site of the happy reunion she was hoping for. Her family is nowhere to be found, their bakery now run by her former childhood friend. Between bandits, armed monks, poisoners, and stolen holy relics, Bronwyn doesn’t seem to have a moment’s peace. When rumors fly about the relic’s curse and a nobleman is murdered, Bronwyn cannot hide in the kitchens anymore.
She must take on the mantle of Mistress of Whispers and find who is behind these crimes, if she is to accept that she is not just a kitchen maid, but a sleuth too.
Tropes you’ll enjoy:
- Holy Relics
- Medieval Whodunit
- Grisly Corpses
- Fights in the Fish Market
- Homecomings and Heartbreak
- Clues in the Crypt
- Poisoners, Pilgrims, and Purloined Goods
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All’s fair in love and science…
It is the summer of 1844, and seasoned microscopist Kalila Darwish has made a decision: travel to London, impersonate her cousin Dameer, and attempt to change the Society of Microscopic Biology from within. Clever and resourceful, Kalila is confident that she can convince her male peers to allow women into the Society over a series of lectures. All she needs to do is make sure she blends in—and for a woman with an extraordinary eye for detail, that shouldn’t be much of a challenge at all…
Oliver Booth had expected to enjoy the Society’s summer lecture series, but not like this. The person introducing themselves as Dameer Rafiq is none other than the woman he ran into only days ago, and Oliver is desperate to know what her angle is. But his Lady Impostor is guarded and rightfully so. After all, he was the one who’d left teasing critiques on all those papers she had submitted to the Society over the years, making her see him as something of a rival…
As Kalila’s affection for Oliver grows, she is forced to decide what to throw her heart into and to reckon with the fact that the world of science is riddled with far more hurdles than she was anticipating. With her research at risk, she and Oliver must work together—and Kalila must decide if her disguise is more of a help…or a hindrance.
Tropes you’ll enjoy:
- Academic rivals to lovers
- Grumpy/sunshine
- Heroine in disguise
- Victorian-era scientists
- Bluestocking heroine
- Golden retriever hero
- Slow burn
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