I Sought My Beloved

The secret ruler of free Melavi, Lady Emilia Grim, for many decades has held the city’s shadow life in her hands. She’s best at two things—charming and killing—but now she is forced to figure out who is committing dreadful crimes in her precious city, besides the ones she commits herself. This is a world where magic flows like underground rivers, and people enjoy love, sunlight, food, and the sea—when they are not killing one another. What else is in this book? Coffee with cardamom and pepper, buns with custard, the scent of frangipani, black rum from the islands, hot caramel, power, sea sunsets, silk dresses, quiet murders, striped cats, high light-eyed blondes, orange blossoms, jokes about death and neck kisses, soft-leather scarlet shoes, revenge, stories about miracles, freedom, slanted grass, chemistry, mango—and acacia honey. Such is Emilia Grim’s world, and you’ll like it!