{"id":24417,"date":"2025-04-12T14:21:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T18:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=24417"},"modified":"2025-10-01T18:51:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T22:51:45","slug":"banquet-of-lies-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24417","title":{"rendered":"Banquet of Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Banquet of Lies<\/em> (2013) Michelle Diener<\/a> (Regency London #2)<\/p>\n

\"BanquetSet in London in 1812<\/p>\n

\u201cHe reacted without thinking.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cHow can you send someone out to starve without thinking?\u201d Iris asked, her voice soft.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been fattening Mavis up,\u201d Iris said, and something in the way she said it made Gigi go very still. If this was evidence of Mavis with more meat on her bones, she must have been a walking skeleton when she\u2019d gotten here.<\/p>\n

There\u2019d been deep, cold anger in Iris\u2019s voice, and she looked across at her. Their eyes met, and Gigi felt a sense of connection bloom, their mutual anger and horror at Mavis\u2019s suffering binding them together.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou look like a beautiful Viking maiden. I can see you with a raven on your shoulder, riding into battle to choose who will fall and who will be spared.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cEh?\u201d Iris stared at her, holding her ash-smudged hands away from her white apron. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Valkyries. From Norse legend. They rode horses into battle, and chose who was to fall and die.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cNot sure I\u2019d like to have that sort o\u2019 responsibility.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I adore Iris.<\/p>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Giselle Barrington, Lord Jonathan Aldridge, Sir Edward Thornton, Sir Eric Barrington, Barbara, Iris, Edgars, Mavis, Harry, Rob, Georges Bisset, Mr. Jones, Mary Jones, Mr. Greenway, Ad\u00e8le Barrington, Captain Reginald Harriford, Daniel Dervish, Charlotte Durnham, Lord Edward Durnham, Lady Catherine Howe, Lady Emma Holliday, The Duke of Wittaker, Frobisher, Mr. Rice, Mr. Unwin, Mrs Thakery, Mrs. Lambert, Gilbert, Peterson, Gertrude, Violet, Bess, Henry Ingleton<\/p>\n

Publisher: Gallery Books<\/p>\n

Rating: 10\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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