Manners & Monsters

An illustrated, signed Special' Edition of Tilly Wallace's regency monster fantasy novel Manners & Monsters, featuring: an author-designed silk & gold foil cover, smyth-sewn binding, acid-free paper, full color endsheets and interior illustrations by Elsa Kroese, custom formatting, shrink wrapped for protection, gilded page edges, foiled dust jacket by Elona of Psycat Covers.

Step into a magic-infused version of Regency London that readers describe as monstrous fun!

A terrible curse has stolen the lives of dozens of noblewomen, but that's no reason to remove them from the guest list for your ball. They are British after all. Everyone, dead or alive, is expected to follow the strict rules that govern polite society.

Imagine an episode of Bridgerton written by Jane Austen and starring the Addams Family! Magic swirls in the air and creatures once thought confined to myths and legends walk the streets. Many of the polite ladies have arisen from the dead with an unusual appetite, but there's no need to be rude about it.

Miss Hannah Miles is excited to attend the engagement ball of her closest friend, Lizzie, when some FIEND utterly ruins the evening and the rugs in the study. The horrible murder has all the hallmarks of having been committed by one of the undead, or the Afflicted, as they are politely called. But was it really? Or is someone trying to frame a noble lady and have the Afflicted rounded up and burned for their stomach churning need for...cauliflower?

Viscount Wycliff, the rude and obnoxious investigator for the Ministry of Unnaturals is tasked with investigating the crime and finding the culprit. Except no one in the upper echelons (least of all their wives, sisters, or daughters) will talk to him. What he needs is a demure woman who some knowledge of the Afflicted to use as his mouthpiece. He thinks Hannah will do as he tells her. Except he is about to learn that the quietest facade can hide the strongest mind. 

Can the two of them work together to find the killer before the season is ruined?

If you love quietly determined heroines, fierce friendships, and a large dollop of magic with your history then read this romp through the Regency era.

"An utterly delightful cozy Regency murder mystery with an extra dose of braaaaains. I love Tilly's well-mannered take on the zombie plague and her pitch perfect nerd-meets-grump slow burn romance."