Wooing the Witch Queen
Maleficent meets romantasy in the start of a hilarious new trilogy
Reeks: Queens of Villainy
Stephanie Burgis
- **Wooing
- the
- Witch
- Queen
- by
- Stephanie
- Burgis
- is
- the
- start
- of
- a
- delightful,
- funny
- and
- seductive
- romantasy
- trilogy,
- set
- in
- a
- gaslamp-lit
- world
- where
- hags
- and
- ogres
- lurk
- in
- thick
- pine
- forests
- and
- genteel
- court
- intrigues
- can
- turn
- deadly
- .
- .
- .‘This
- is
- a
- warm
- and
- lovely
- story
- with
- a
- big
- heart’
- –
- Sangu
- Mandanna,
- bestselling
- author
- of
- The
- Very
- Secret
- Society
- of
- Irregular
- Witches**Queen
- Saskia
- is
- the
- wicked
- sorceress
- everyone
- fears.
- After
- successfully
- wrestling
- the
- throne
- from
- her
- evil
- uncle,
- she
- only
- wants
- one
- thing:
- to
- keep
- her
- people
- safe
- from
- the
- empire
- next
- door.
- For
- that,
- she
- needs
- to
- spend
- more
- time
- in
- her
- laboratory
- experimenting
- with
- her
- spells.
- She
- definitely
- doesn’t
- have
- time
- to
- bring
- order
- to
- her
- chaotic
- library
- of
- magic.When
- a
- mysterious
- dark
- wizard
- arrives
- at
- her
- castle,
- Saskia
- hires
- him
- as
- her
- new
- librarian
- on
- the
- spot.
- ‘Fabian’
- is
- sweet
- and
- a
- little
- nerdy,
- and
- his
- requests
- seem
- a
- little
- strange
- –
- what
- in
- the
- name
- of
- Divine
- Elva
- is
- a
- fountain
- pen?
- –
- but
- he’s
- getting
- the
- job
- done.
- And
- if
- he
- writes
- her
- flirtatious
- poetry
- and
- his
- innocent
- touch
- makes
- her
- skin
- singe,
- well
- .
- .
- .Little
- does
- Saskia
- know
- that
- the
- ‘wizard’
- she’s
- falling
- for
- is
- actually
- an
- Imperial
- archduke
- in
- disguise,
- with
- no
- magical
- training
- whatsoever.
- On
- the
- run,
- he’s
- in
- danger
- from
- Saskia's
- enemies
- and
- her
- new-found
- allies,
- too.
- So
- when
- Saskia
- finally
- discovers
- the
- truth,
- will
- their
- love
- save
- them
- –
- or
- be
- their
- doom?‘Stephanie
- Burgis
- is
- a
- fresh
- new
- voice
- and
- I
- can’t
- wait
- to
- see
- what
- she
- does
- next’
- –
- Ilona
- Andrews,
- No.
- 1
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- of
- the
- Kate
- Daniels series
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