Etiquette & Espionage - FREE PREVIEW by Gail Carriger

In this particular case, what he did not know could hurt him. For there she sat, without escort, in a low-necked ball gown. To put the pudding in the puff: she had retreated to the library, her favorite sanctuary in any house, only to happen upon an unexpected vampire.įor his part, the vampire seemed to feel that their encounter had improved his ball experience immeasurably. Private balls were never more than middling amusements for spinsters, and Miss Tarabotti was not the kind of spinster who could garner even that much pleasure from the event. Miss Alexia Tarabotti was not enjoying her evening.

Soulless is the first book of the Parasol Protectorate series: a comedy of manners set in Victorian London, full of werewolves, vampires, dirigibles, and tea-drinking. Can she figure out what is actually happening to London’s high society? Will her soulless ability to negate supernatural powers prove useful or just plain embarrassing? Finally, who is the real enemy, and do they have treacle tart? With unexpected vampires appearing and expected vampires disappearing, everyone seems to believe Alexia responsible. Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire - and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeous, and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Second, she’s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Buffy meets Jane Austen in the first book of this wickedly funny NYT bestselling series about a young woman whose brush with the supernatural leads to a deadly investigation of London’s high society.Īlexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations.

Etiquette & Espionage - FREE PREVIEW by Gail Carriger