Romance
Blameless
2014·416 pages
A witty steampunk comedy of manners: pregnant Lady Maccon flees Victorian London for Italy, dodging vampires and seeking Templars.
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A witty steampunk comedy of manners: pregnant Lady Maccon flees Victorian London for Italy, dodging vampires and seeking Templars.
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Quitting her husband's house and moving back in with her horrible family, Lady Maccon becomes the scandal of the London season in the third book of the NYT bestselling Parasol Protectorate series. Queen Victoria dismisses her from the Shadow Council, and the only person who can explain anything, Lord Akeldama, unexpectedly leaves town. To top it all off, Alexia is attacked by homicidal mechanical ladybugs, indicating, as only ladybugs can, the fact that all of London's vampires are now very much...
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What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Marital strain and sensual intimacy; recurring romantic tension, not highly explicit
Violence & gore
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Vampire attacks, mechanical ladybugs, deaths; eye trauma; not prolonged gore
Profanity
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Mild period-appropriate language; strong profanity rare
Substance use
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Heavy drinking by Lord Maccon; social alcohol; drugging incident
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Major openly gay vampire; other queer supporting characters central to cast
Religious content
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Templar order central to plot; demon accusations; religious hostility
Magic & witchcraft
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Vampires, werewolves, preternatural powers drive premise and plot
Occult / demonology
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Templars frame heroine as demon; fantasy lore, not real-world occult practice
Political content
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Light Victorian social satire; class and gender-role commentary
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Harsh family treatment; marital rejection and emotional cruelty over pregnancy
Other
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