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02011aam a2200337 i 4500 001 8B6C0E22495811EE9228709642ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230902011803 008 201103s2021 nyu 000 1 eng d 020 $a 164566029X 020 $a 9781645660293 040 $a ICrlF $b eng $e rda $c ICrlF $d ICrlF $d SILO 043 $a e-uk-en 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Polk, C. L. $q (Chelsea L.), $e author. 245 14 $a The midnight bargain / $c C. L. Polk. 250 $a Firs US paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Erewhon, $c 2021. 300 $a 365 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "Beatrice Clayborn is a sorceress who practices magic in secret, terrified of the day she will be locked into a marital collar that will cut off her powers to protect her unborn children. She dreams of becoming a full-fledged Magusand pursuing magic as her calling as men do, but her family has staked everything to equip her for Bargaining Season, when young men and women of means descend upon the city to negotiate the best marriages. The Clayborns are in severe debt, and only she can save them, by securing an advantageous match before their creditors come calling. In a stroke of luck, Beatrice finds a grimoire that contains the key to becoming a Magus, but before she can purchase it, a rival sorceress swindles the book right out of her hands. Beatrice summons a spirit to help her get it back, but her new ally exacts a price: Beatrice's first kiss . . . with her adversary's brother, the handsome, compassionate, and fabulously wealthy Ianthe Lavan"--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Magic $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Mate selection $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Self-realization $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Sexism $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Sex role $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Fantasy fiction. 650 0 $a Romance fiction. 651 0 $a England $v Fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230902014008.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8B6C0E22495811EE9228709642ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search