num_pages: 416
description: A young noblewoman must pair up with a rumoured witch to ward off a curse.It is the year 1814 and life for a young lady of good breeding has many difficulties. There are balls to attend fashions to follow marriages to consider and of course the tiny complication of existing in a world swarming with fairy spirits interfering deities and actual straight-up sorcerers.Miss Maelys Mitchelmore finds her entry into high society hindered by an irritating curse. It begins innocuously enough with her dress slowly unmaking itself over the course of an evening at a high-profile ball a scandal she narrowly manages to escape.However as the curse progresses to more fatal proportions Miss Mitchelmore must seek out aid even if it means mixing with undesirable company. And there are few less desirable than Lady Georgianna Landrakea brooding alluring young woman sardonically nicknamed the Duke of Annadalewho may or may not have murdered her own father and brothers to inherit their fortune. If one is to believe the gossip she might be some kind of malign enchantress. Then again a malign enchantress might be exactly what Miss Mitchelmore needs.With the Dukes help Miss Mitchelmore delves into a world of angry gods and vindictive magic keen to unmask the perpetrator of these otherworldly attacks. But Miss Mitchelmores reputation is not the only thing at risk in spending time with her new ally. For the rumoured witch has her own secrets that may prove dangerous to Miss Mitchelmores heartnot to mention her life.
language: English
title: Mortal Follies
publisher: Del Rey