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Lets get one thing straight Vanja Schmidt wasnt trying to start a cult

A scrappy former maid and jewel thief must outwit gods injustice and her own past in this sequel to Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

After taking down a corrupt margrave breaking a deadly curse and finding romance with the vexingly scrupulous junior prefect Emeric Conrad Vanja had one great mystery left her longlost birth family and whether they would welcome a thief But in her search for an honest trade she hit trouble and invented a god the Scarlet Maiden to scam her way out Now that lie is growing out of control especially when Emeric arrives to investigate and the Scarlet Maiden manifests to claim him as a virgin sacrifice

For his final test to become a prefect Emeric must determine whether Vanja is guilty of serious fraud or if the Scarlet Maiden and her claim to him is genuine Meanwhile Vanja is chasing an alternative sacrifice that could be their way out The hunt leads her not only into the lairs of monsters and the paths of gods but the ties of her past

And with what should be the simplest way to save Emeric hanging over their heads he and Vanja must face a more dangerous question Is there a future for a thief and a prefect and at what price

P 2023 Macmillan Audio