The Dusty Bookshelf
Beguiled
Beguiled
As a young weaver, Ella's entire livelihood depends on her loom. After her father dies in a debtor's prison, she has to go into debt herself to buy supplies. Then her loom breaks, worse than any repairperson could fix, and Ella realizes that her only hope is to seek out the Bean-Nighe, an old washerwoman spirit who will grant any wish-for a price.
But Ella is desperate, so she asks the Brean-Nighe to fix her loom. And it works. All she ha to do is feed the loom a drop of blood, and she's able to create the most beautiful silks. Silks that catch the eye of her rich client Odina-and a mysterious young man named Callum who offers her an invitation to an exclusive party and patronage for her art. It seems like Ella's fortune is finally turning for the better. . . until she begins to notice the loom taking more from her than she offered.
Now, as she becomes entangled in the lives of the city's rich, swept up by Callum's allure, must figure out a way to secure her future-while she still has a future at all.