Böcker av Lindz McLeod

Jane Austen meets Bridgerton in this sapphic romance between Charlotte Lucas and Mary Bennet, taking place four years after the end of Pride and Prejudice.When Mr. Collins dies after just four years of marriage, Charlotte is lost. While not exactly heartbroken, she will soon have to quit the parsonage that has become her home. In desperate need of support, she writes to her best friend, Lizzie. Unable to leave Pemberley, Lizzie sends her sister, Mary Bennet, to offer support in her stead.To Charlotte's surprise, Mary Bennet is nothing like she remembers. Mary's discovery of academia and her interest in botany (as well as getting out from under her mother's thumb) have caused her to flourish. Before long, Charlotte is enraptured - with Mary, and with the possibilities that lie beyond their societal confines. With each stolen glance and whispered secret, their friendship quickly blossoms into something achingly real.But when her time at the parsonage begins to dwindle and potential suitors appear, Charlotte must make a choice - the safety and security of another husband, or a passionate life with Mary outside the confines of the ton's expectations.

After the noble adults have been dragged away and guillotined, Le Majordome-the castle butler- finds himself the sole protector of the castle's young heir. Hiding the teenager had seemed like a good idea, but the other servants don't agree; if the army return and discover they've been protecting a member of the aristocracy, all their lives will be forfeit. To make matters worse, the heir's now-dead elder brother left behind a bastard baby, calling the heir's inheritance into question. As tensions rise, Le Majordome must quell a murderous mutiny and rein in the heir's worst impulses if any of them are to survive. To add to his mounting troubles, it's rumoured that a local enchantress has been looking for her stolen child, and will stop at nothing to rescue him. To Le Majordome's horror, the bastard baby starts displaying magical powers, proving his parentage beyond a doubt.Le Majordome has no idea which dilemma will reach the castle first-the army or the witch-or what the hell he's going to do about either, but perhaps help is closer than he realises.

Turducken blends a variety of genres, from literary to comedy to horror, often within the same piece. This collection includes several of McLeod's most lauded short stories, including 'Them At Number Seventy-Four' (Pseudopod, '22), and Best Small Fictions nominated 'Cake By The Ocean' (The Razor, '22), as well as a wide assortment of new, boundary-pushing work. You'll meet a banal retired couple who decide to spice up their marriage with a spot of murder, a sentient three-in-one bird who decides to escape from the warped scientist who bred it, and a story of a lads' night out gone terribly, terribly wrong. McLeod's ability to shock and delight is only surpassed by her ability to keep you up late into the night.