num_pages: 429
description: A contortionist and a rakish brigand navigate the cabarets of Paris to rescue a girl taken by slavers in the third steampunk-tinged romance of the Blud series.Life as a contortionist in Criminys Clockwork Caravan should be the height of exotic adventure but for Demi Ward its total dullsville. Until her best friend Cherie is stolen by slavers outside of Paris and Demi is determined to find her.On the run from his own past Vale Hildebrand a dashing rogue of a highwayman hides Demi from the slaversbut why? He pledges to help her explore the glittering cabarets of Paris to find her friend but much to Vales frustration Demi soon attracts a host of wealthy admirers. The pleasures of music blood and absinthe could turn anyones head and it would be all too easy to accept Cheries disappearance as inevitablebut with Vales ferocious will and Demis drive to find her friend they soon have a lead on a depraved society of Parisian notables with a taste for beautiful lost girls. Can Demi wind her way through the seedy underbelly of Paris and save her best friend before she too is lost?
language: English
title: Wicked After Midnight
publisher: Pocket