Not even the stout dwarves, hidden in their underground palaces, seem safe from threat - from the unknown tunnels of its mines, a foul army of hideous creatures advances inexorably.Ĭhaos seizes the World. The proud nomadic peoples of the steppes are on the alert, for strange beasts prowl the darkness. The fearsome orc clans, more numerous than ever, lurk on all roads. The borders protected by the fierce King's Knights are no longer secure. but maybe there's a pinch of truth to all the rumours, because she soon finds herself under the older woman's spell.Ī grim new threat looms over The Central Kingdoms. Lorina knows she should keep her distance from Taohua, and she wants to most desperately. Her aloof, almost cat-like personality, coupled with her peculiar complexion, eyes, and name, have inspired more than a few rumours around the Shropshire countryside that she might be a witch. Despite her lowly status, Taohua has her own private bedroom, never goes to church with the rest of the servants, and rarely interacts with anybody. One of the only maids who deigns to speak to Lorina is the mysterious Taohua but Lorina wishes she wouldn't. With a large family back in Liverpool to support and a string of unsavoury comments circulating about her rather sudden dismissal, Lorina's search for a new place of employment leads her to Bly.įorced to work for fourteen hours a day, with little chance to rest, Lorina is bullied by the senior maids and, most embarrassingly of all, by the twelve-year-old daughter of the Lennard family, Lady Constance. The story begins when our heroine, Lorina Waugh, is fired from her previous position as a maid in the stately home of Hartwell.
Set in England during the mid-19th century, Blackberry Honey is a tale about maids, music, and unexpected romance.
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