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The Cyprian

The Cyprian

Lackey, Mercedes

Paperback

Series: Elemental Masters

Fantasy

Publisher Price: $20.00

PREORDER - Expected ship date December 1, 2026

ISBN10: 0756421322
ISBN13: 9780756421328
Publisher: Daw Books
Published: Dec 1 2026
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.81
Language: English
A cozy, cottage-core Regency fantasy perfect for fans of Bridgerton

For readers who love Freya Marske's A Marvellous Light, Olivia Atwater's Half a Soul, and Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

Elena Whitstone and her seven brothers, abandoned by her mother, find themselves with a new stepmother. At first she seems more neglectful than evil, until just after Christmas she proves herself to be worse than evil; she is an actual magician, a Master of Water, who attempts to muder Elena's seven brothers when they are skating. When they survive that attempt by transforming into swans, she drives them away.

But the shock of having all of his heirs perish in a frozen pond is too much for Elena's father. He dies, and his widow is abruptly confronted with the inconvenient truth that the estate is entailed, and she not only must leave, she is lawfully in charge of Elena.

Furious, and possessing only what was gifted to her during her marriage, the stepmother retreats to Bath, to take up residence in the luxurious townhouse that was bought for her, and resume her former profession as a Cyprian, a very exclusive courtesan, with Elena reluctantly posing as a page-boy and her servant. Nothing lasts forever, of course, and three years later, Elena is rapidly maturing too much to continue that ruse--and the stepmother is facing the ravages of time. The stepmother concocts a plan to establish an exclusive brothel and regain her wealth by selling Elena to the highest bidder.

Alone, Elena must not only find a way to save herself, but to reverse the spell that has transformed her brothers.

The latest in Mercedes Lackey's Elemental Masters series is a stand-alone romantasy based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Wild Swans.

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