Olivia Atwater

"A hugely enjoyable take on the Regency. . . I wolfed this down with great pleasure." --KJ Charles Euphemia Reeves seems to have found herself a faerie godfather. Unfortunately, he has no clue what he's doing. Effie has most inconveniently fallen in love with the dashing Mr Benedict Ashbrooke. There's only one problem: Effie is a housemaid, and a housemaid cannot marry a gentleman. It seems that Effie is out of luck until she stumbles into the faerie realm of Lord Blackthorn, who is only too eager to help Effie win Mr Ashbrooke's heart. All he asks in return is that Effie sew ten thousand stitches onto his favorite jacket. Effie has heard rumors about what happens to those who accept help from faeries, but life as a maid at Hartfield is so awful that she is willing to risk even her immortal soul for a chance at something better. Now, she has one hundred days - and ten thousand stitches - to make Mr Ashbrooke fall in love and propose. . . if Lord Blackthorn doesn't wreck things by accident, that is. For Effie's greatest obstacle is proving to be none other than Lord Blackthorn's overwhelmingly good intentions. From the author of Half a Soul comes a whimsical fantasy romance with heaps of heart set in an enchanting world reminiscent of Regency England.

Ten Thousand Stitches

Elena M.

You can think all of the angry thoughts you want, but they’ve got to stay inside your head!

All of life is absurd, to some extent or other

I think there’s better reasons to marry someone than the fact they’ll look you in the eyes instead of at the wallpaper

Lord Blackthorn blinked. “But of course I am trying to help,” he said.

Lord Blackthorn nodded seriously. “I would not dare to lay claim to the title of maid," he assured Effie. "I have not worked nearly hard enough to do so.”

Lord Blackthorn laughed. “Own land in faerie?" he asked incredulously. "The nerve of it! Not at all, Miss Euphemia. In faerie, the land owns you. Blackthorn suffers my presence only because it hasn't any hands of its own, and because I do a passable job of serving its interests with mine!" 

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