by Freya Marske
First published 2021
Bureaucrat Robin Blyth's life is upended when an administrative error lands him as the civil service liaison to a hidden magical society. Thrust into a world of contracts, visions, and unsettling truths, Robin must contend with the enigmatic Edwin Courcey, his prickly counterpart in the magical bureaucracy. As they uncover a plot threatening every magician in the British Isles, Robin and Edwin discover a secret that someone has already died to keep.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, mystery, fantasy
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: British Isles
Period: 19th-century
384 pages · Hardcover · Pan Macmillan, Tor