The Poisoner (book 1) by I.V. Ophelia Romance and Portland

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unmake the world their cruel masters have built

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June begins to feel ownership over the novel and decides to publish it as her original work

Clark’s combination of historical and political reimagining is cathartic

The Poisoner (book 1) by I.V. Ophelia Romance and PortlandAmidst the gaslit alleys and cobblestone streets of Victorian London, two killers find themselves entangled in a waltz they cannot escape. Alina Lis, a botanist and hobbyist poisoner, has a pastime of killing unsavory men in her twisted sense of poetic justice. When she targets the conceited playboy, Silas Forbes, only to find him in her apothecary the following week, she discovers human men are the least of her problems. The pairs unlikely