Poison or Protect

A novella.
London’s most scandalous lady assassin versus one very hot Highlander.
Lady Preshea Villentia, the Mourning Star, has four dead husbands and a nasty reputation. Fortunately, she looks fabulous in black.
What society doesn’t know is that all her husbands were marked for death by Preshea’s employer. And Preshea has one final assignment.
It was supposed to be easy, a house party with minimal bloodshed. Preshea hadn’t anticipated Captain Gavin Ruthven – massive, Scottish, quietly irresistible, and... working for the enemy.
In a battle of wits, Preshea may risk her own heart – a terrifying prospect, as she never knew she had one.
New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger presents a charming love story set in her popular steampunk Parasolverse. May contain plaid, appearances from favorite characters, and the strategic application of leather gloves.
The Delightfully Deadly novellas stand alone and may be read in any order.
Delicate Sensibilities?
Contains men pleasing women, and ladies who know what they want and ask for it, sometimes in detail.
Gail Carriger
New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger writes to cope with being raised in obscurity by an expatriate Brit and an incurable curmudgeon. She escaped small town life and inadvertently acquired several degrees in Higher Learning. Ms. Carriger then traveled the historic cities of Europe, subsisting entirely on biscuits secreted in her handbag. She resides in the Colonies, surrounded by fantastic shoes, where she insists on tea imported from London.
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Delightfully Deadly
Series contains 2 primary works and has 2 total works. Current series reading order on below.
This is set in the same world as the Parasol Protectorate series and features characters who appeared in the Finishing School series but are now grown up.
Romances set in Gail Carriger's steampunk world full of manners, spies, and supernatural creatures taking tea. This series follows the exploits of the highly trained and highly dangerous graduates of Mademoiselle Geraldine's. Look for appearances from favorite characters and the occasionally strategic application of the cut direct.
Main series The Parasol Protectorate