Margaret Rogerson

The dead of Loraille do not rest. Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, a nun who cleanses the bodies of the deceased so that their souls can pass on; otherwise, they will rise as spirits with a ravenous hunger for the living. She would rather deal with the dead than the living, who trade whispers about her scarred hands and troubled past. When her convent is attacked by possessed soldiers, Artemisia defends it by awakening an ancient spirit bound to a saint’s relic. It is a revenant, a malevolent being that threatens to possess her the moment she drops her guard. Wielding its extraordinary power almost consumes her—but death has come to Loraille, and only a vespertine, a priestess trained to wield a high relic, has any chance of stopping it. With all knowledge of vespertines lost to time, Artemisia turns to the last remaining expert for help: the revenant itself. As she unravels a sinister mystery of saints, secrets, and dark magic, her bond with the revenant grows. And when a hidden evil begins to surface, she discovers that facing this enemy might require her to betray everything she has been taught to believe—if the revenant doesn’t betray her first.

In this sequel novella to Sorcery of Thorns, Elisabeth, Nathaniel, and Silas must unravel the magical trap keeping them inside Thorn Manor in time for their Midwinter Ball!Elisabeth Scrivener is finally settling into her new life with sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn. Now that their demon companion Silas has returned, so has scrutiny from nosy reporters hungry for gossip about the city's most powerful sorcerer and the librarian who stole his heart. But something strange is afoot at Thorn Manor: the estate's wards, which are meant to keep their home safe, are acting up and forcibly trapping the Manor's occupants inside. Surely it must be a coincidence that this happened just as Nathaniel and Elisabeth started getting closer to one another... With no access to the outside world, Elisabeth, Nathaniel, and Silas - along with their new maid Mercy - will have to work together to discover the source of the magic behind the malfunctioning wards before they're due to host the city's Midwinter Ball. Not an easy task when the house is filled with unexpected secrets, and all Elisabeth can think about is kissing Nathaniel in peace. But when it becomes clear that the house, influenced by the magic of Nathaniel's ancestors, requires a price for its obedience, Elisabeth and Nathaniel will have to lean on their connection like never before to set things right.

All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has grown up among the tools of sorcery—magical grimoires that whisper on shelves and rattle beneath iron chains. If provoked, they transform into grotesque monsters of ink and leather. She hopes to become a warden, charged with protecting the kingdom from their power. Then an act of sabotage releases the library’s most dangerous grimoire. Elisabeth’s desperate intervention implicates her in the crime, and she is torn from her home to face justice in the capital. With no one to turn to but her sworn enemy, the sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn, and his mysterious demonic servant, she finds herself entangled in a centuries-old conspiracy. Not only could the Great Libraries go up in flames, but the world along with them. As her alliance with Nathaniel grows stronger, Elisabeth starts to question everything she’s been taught—about sorcerers, about the libraries she loves, even about herself. For Elisabeth has a power she has never guessed, and a future she could never have imagined.

In Mysteries of Thorn Manor, Silas calls in a favor from the glamorous dressmaker Lady Tremayne. This is the story of how he earned it. Available to read for free in AO3.

Todo el mundo sabe que los elfos son tan arrogantes como inmortales y por eso les gusta que se los retrate. Además, ansían el arte de los humanos porque ellos son incapaces de crear algo que transmita vida. Isobel los conoce bien, pues se gana la vida pintando sus rostros. Pero un día el príncipe del otoño entra en su tienda y, al retratarlo, comete un terrible error: plasma en sus ojos el dolor humano que percibe en su mirada, un rasgo que cualquiera de sus súbditos consideraría una debilidad. Tras recibir el cuadro, el príncipe regresa convertido en cuervo y la acusa de traicionarlo ante su corte. La única manera de solucionarlo es que Isobel se adentre con él en las tierras del otoño para restaurar su reputación. No obstante, deberá tener cuidado: como afirman los elfos, siempre deseamos lo que tiene el poder de destruirnos.

Every enchantment has a price. With a flick of her paintbrush, Isobel creates stunning portraits for a dangerous set of clients: the fair folk. These immortal creatures cannot bake bread or put a pen to paper without crumbling to dust. They crave human Craft with a terrible thirst, and they trade valuable enchantments for Isobel’s paintings. But when she receives her first royal patron—Rook, the autumn prince—Isobel makes a deadly mistake. She paints mortal sorrow in his eyes, a weakness that could cost him his throne, and even his life. Furious, Rook spirits Isobel away to his kingdom to stand trial for her crime. But something is seriously amiss in his world, and they are attacked from every side. With Isobel and Rook depending upon each other for survival, their alliance blossoms into trust, perhaps even love . . . a forbidden emotion that would violate the fair folks’ ruthless laws, rendering both their lives forfeit. What force could Isobel's paintings conjure that is powerful enough to defy the ancient malice of the fairy courts? Isobel and Rook journey along a knife-edge in a lush world where beauty masks corruption and the cost of survival might be more frightening than death itself.

Desde que la abandonaron de niña en una de las bibliotecas mágicas de Austermeer, Elisabeth ha crecido entre grimorios que susurran en los estantes y que, ante la menor provocación, se transforman en monstruos de tinta y cuero. Allí espera terminar su aprendizaje para encargarse de custodiarlos y proteger a los demás de su poder. Cuando alguien sabotea la seguridad de la biblioteca para liberar el grimorio más peligroso que alberga, Elisabeth se ve implicada en el crimen y sin nadie a quien recurrir con la excepción de su enemigo jurado: el hechicero Nathaniel Espinosa, siempre acompañado de su misterioso sirviente. Será al ver que ante ella comienzan a desplegarse unas posibilidades que nunca podría haber imaginado cuando Elisabeth empiece a cuestionar todo lo que le han enseñado sobre sus adoradas bibliotecas, sobre la hechicería e incluso sobre sí misma.