Historical Fiction
Shades of Milk and Honey
2010·272 pages
A magical twist on Regency romance, where Jane Ellsworth uses her glamour skills to navigate love and family honor.
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A magical twist on Regency romance, where Jane Ellsworth uses her glamour skills to navigate love and family honor.
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Shades of Milk and Honey is an intimate portrait of Jane Ellsworth, a woman ahead of her time in a version of Regency England where the manipulation of glamour is considered an essential skill for a lady of quality. Despite the prevalence of magic in everyday life, other aspects of Dorchester's society are not that different: Jane and her sister Melody's lives still revolve around vying for the attentions of eligible men.
Jane resists this fate, and rightly so, because while her skill with ...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Courtship and attraction; closed-door romance with mild kisses
Violence & gore
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Shooting, duel threats, gunpoint; hair-pulling; magic overexertion peril
Profanity
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No profanity present
Substance use
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Social drinking at dinners and parties typical of the era
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Glamour illusion magic is central; a refined skill for ladies of quality
Occult / demonology
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No real-world occult or demonic content
Political content
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Light background on marriage market and women’s social roles
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Emotional family conflict; one incident of hair pulled in anger
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