![]() "There are stories out there that have done wonders with their skewed versions of our shared past. Combining swordplay, demons, and high society, Creatures of Will and Temper shows a timeless world and adventure readers won't soon forget. Even worse, she believes Dorina may have joined her. As Evadne gets pulled further into this hidden world, she begins to suspect that Lady Henry might actually be a diabolist. He has dedicated himself to eradicating demons and their servants, and he needs Evadne's help. ![]() But soon, George reveals he is more than just a teacher. There, she meets the fencing master she's always dreamed of. When Lady Henry and Dorina immediately hit it off, Evadne abandons her chaperone duties and enrolls in a fencing school. ![]() A semi-respectable aristocrat in public, in private she is secretly in the thrall of a demon obsessed with beauty and pleasure. Unfortunately for Evadne, she soon learns too much about all of it when Dorina meets their uncle's friend, Lady Henrietta "Henry" Wotton. Fencer Evadne Gray cares for none of the former and knows nothing of the latter when she's sent to London to chaperone her younger sister, aspiring art critic Dorina. and dangerous underground diabolic cults. Victorian London is a place of fluid social roles, vibrant arts culture, fin-de-siecle wonders. ![]()
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