by A.D. Bell
Lilian Delaney, apprentice to a master bookbinder in Oxford in 1901, chafes at the confines of her life, caught between the oppressive walls of her father’s bookshop and the limitations of being a woman in a man’s profession. But when a burned book comes into her possession, she finds hidden beneath the binding a fifty-year-old letter speaking of love, fortune and murder. Lily is drawn into the mystery, which hints at a forbidden romance between young lovers, and learns there are other books wh
Genres: Historical Fantasy
Tropes: Buried secrets, Forbidden Romance, Obsession, Secrets and Revelations
ISBN: 9781250412645
400 pages
Published: 2026-01-13
Publisher: St. Martin's Press