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A BLOOMING DECEIT — a novel by c.g.p.

Amsterdam, 1636. The city that thrives on floraturgy—the magical potential of plants—is abuzz with a rumour that the coveted Semper Augustus tulip bulbs have the power to change the course of war. Saskia de Haas, slighted by the richest man in Holland—the man who is in possession of the bulbs—is determined to get her revenge and assembles a team of young ladies to help her:

A botanical magician masquerading as a boy.

An artist's favoured muse with a sordid past.

A gambler with an artificial streak of good luck.

And a penniless heiress engaged to the mark.

Together, they will help Saskia pull off the unthinkable: a theft from the most secure place in all of Amsterdam. But as she begins to fall for one of her co-conspirators—and confront the ghosts from her past—Saskia’s heist takes a turn she did not expect—a turn that might just end up deadly.

a young adult historical (light) fantasy featuring queer girls in need of therapy, a unique magic system, an alternative history of the dutch golden age, and a lot of references to the language of flowers

LITTLE THIEVES — a project by cgp

figures, ardith thought. it wasn't odd that her half-brother hadn't invited her to the meeting about the future of dear dad's criminal empire. he knew what ardith wanted. he just didn't know the lengths she'd go to get it.

rafferty vessen has no interest in his dead father's business, so instead, he proposes something to the petty gangs that operate under his father's name: find his killer, inherit the empire. but raff grapples with something outside of the public eye, too: he thinks he knows who killed lyren. and he thinks it might be him.

ardith sallow has long since stopped hoping that her father, lyren vessen, would see her as anything more than bastard scum. since she was thrown out, ardith has built a name for herself throughout the slums. she's determined to find her father's killer so she can take back what's rightfully hers—even if that means getting rid of her half-brother in the process.

fia ellison never wanted to become the leader of the shrikes, a dangerous gang that deals in hits against lyren vessen's enemies. but she is. lyren dies and fia panics. the boss's protection was the only thing stopping her past from catching up with her. but when raff announces the deal—a killer in return of an empire—fia knows: the blood on her hands at the end of this will be worth it, so long as she survives.

dr. jekyll and mr. hyde meets king lear in LITTLE THIEVES, a young adult fantasy novel about the things we do to survive when we're hanging on by the skin of our teeth.