The Fire Rose (Elemental Masters #0)
Mercedes Lackey
3.96 · 24 ratings · Published: 01 Jan 1995
Accepting employment as a governess after hard times hit her family, medieval scholar Rosalind Hawkins is surprised when she learns that her mysterious employer has no children, no wife, and she is not to meet with him face to face. Instead, her duties are to read to him, through a speaking tube, from ancient manuscripts in obscure, nearly-forgotten dialects.
A requirement for the job was skill in translating medieval French, and she now understands the reason for that requirement, and assumes her unseen employer’s interest in the descriptions of medieval spells and sorcery is that of an eccentric antiquary. What she does not realize is that his interest is anything but academic. He has a terrible secret and is desperately searching for something that can reverse the effects of the misfired spell which created his predicament.
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- fairy tales 3
- urban fantasy 3
- retellings 3
- paranormal 2
- alternate history 2
- action / adventure 2
- shapeshifters 2
- supernatural 2
- 20th century 2
- mystery 1
- steampunk 1
- industrial era 1
- epic 1
- victorian 1
- witches & sorcerers 1
- female mc 1
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The 'Elemental Masters' series
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- Unnatural Issue by Mercedes Lackey Book #6
- Home from the Sea by Mercedes Lackey Book #7
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