![]() ![]() In present-day London, aspiring historian Caroline Parcewell spends her tenth wedding anniversary alone, reeling from the discovery of her husband’s infidelity. But when her new patron turns out to be a precocious twelve-year-old named Eliza Fanning, an unexpected friendship sets in motion a string of events that jeopardizes Nella’s world and threatens to expose the many women whose names are written in her register. Once a respected healer, Nella now uses her knowledge for a darker purpose-selling well-disguised poisons to desperate women who would kill to be free of the men in their lives. One cold February evening in 1791, at the back of a dark London alley in a hidden apothecary shop, Nella awaits her newest customer. ![]() ![]() Rule #2: The names of the murderer and her victim must be recorded in the apothecary’s register. The world building, the mystery, the strong female leads – everything about this book was amazing and I couldn’t put it down.Ī female apothecary secretly dispenses poisons to liberate women from the men who have wronged them-setting three lives across centuries on a dangerous collision course.Rule #1: The poison must never be used to harm another woman. ![]() I gave this book five stars overall because I just couldn’t give it anything less. ![]()
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