My Beastly Patron's Terrible Guide to Courtship
By @john1208
Eliana Vettori is a disaster. At least, that's what her family thinks when they send her to replace her brilliant runaway sister as the fiancée of the disgraced magi-tech artisan, Benedetto ‘The Ruin’ di Sforza. Cursed and reclusive after his Grand Orrery project catastrophically failed and killed his patrons, Benedetto is now a beast of a man, both in temper and, rumor has it, in form. Stuck with him in his decaying, automaton-filled estate, Eliana finds a list of 'household rules' left by her sister. Convinced it's a secret guide to winning over her grumpy fiancé, she cheerfully begins 'The Reformation Project.' She'll mend his heart, fix his home, and prove she's just as worthy as her sister! But Benedetto grows more dangerously protective with every rule she breaks, and the 'accidents' around the estate feel less than accidental. What if the list wasn't a guide to courtship, but a desperate warning about the very real curse that haunts the House of Sforza?
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