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No Proper Lady
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Englefield: Book 1

No Proper Lady (2011) (edit title/settings)

by Isabel Cooper (Author) (edit contributors)

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England, 1888. The trees are green, the birds are singing, and in 200 years demons will destroy it all. Unless Joan, a rough-around-the-edges assassin from the future, can take out the dark magician responsible. But to get close to her target she'll need help learning how to fit into society. ... read more

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Time Travel Romance. Joan is humanity's last hope. Sent from a near-future world in which demons have nearly succeeded in wiping out the human race, she arrives in 1888 England with one goal: to assassinate Alex Reynell, the immortal wizard who unleashed the creatures. Unfortunately, the only... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Time Travel Romance. Joan is humanity's last hope. Sent from a near-future world in which demons have nearly succeeded in wiping out the human race, she arrives in 1888 England with one goal: to assassinate Alex Reynell, the immortal wizard who unleashed the creatures. Unfortunately, the only way she can get close enough to Reynell to kill him is by infiltrating the high society circles he frequents -- and Joan is far better at hand-to-hand combat than she is at dancing or drinking tea. She finds an unlikely teacher -- and lover -- in magician Simon Grenville, who has his own personal reasons for wanting to stop Reynell, but if Joan succeeds in changing the past, her present reality will vanish...and so may any chance of a future with Simon.

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  • Joan: daughter of Arthur and Leia, "MacArthur" - tall, hazel eyes, reddish gold hair, at first is extremely thin but later fills out, two round scars on right arm just below the elbow for flash gun to attach, tattoo on small of back, tattoos on insides of both thighs that have magical powers of protection and strength, warrior since she was 15, from the future of 2088.
  • Simon Grenville: age 27, tall, lean, black hair, bright blue eyes, uses magic
  • Alex Reynell: age 27, at one time was best friends with Simon until he made Eleanor the host for a demon, handsome, high cheekbones, full lips, big brown eyes, tall, slender, blond hair
  • Eleanor Grenville: Simon's sister, small build, blue eyes, quite a bit younger than Simon, has recently been forced to host a demon which Simon exorcised but is very fragile
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  • “Nobody is ever truly parted, not forever, and no deed is ever fully forgotten.”
    The golden light

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Joan can't hear much screaming.

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Prologue
Chapter 1-41
Epilogue

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This is book 1 of 2 in Englefield. (standard series)

Followed by Lessons After Dark.

This book is in Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2011. (authoritative list)

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  1. Isabel Cooper (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Country: USA
Publication Date: September 6, 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4022-5952-4
Page Count: 329

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