CJ ARCHER

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A sharp-tongued watchmaker’s daughter and a secretive American stranger team up to solve magical crimes in Victorian London, investigating enchanted artisan guilds while slowly, reluctantly falling for each other.

< Kate Cross

Christina Baehr >

CJ Archer Glass Books

✅ You’ll Love This If You Crave:

  • an independent English woman 
  • a mysterious American outsider 
  • a Victorian world where magic is woven into the craft guilds
  • slow burn
  • a hero who carries a dangerous secret 
  • Victorian social constraints
  • an overarching mystery 
  • a magic system that is hereditary and suppressed
  • banter
  • a supporting cast of eccentric characters 
  • clean romance

📖 Start with The Watchmaker’s Daughter 

🚫 Not the Right Fit If You Want:

  • fast romantic payoff 
  • a standalone novel 
  • morally complex antiheroes 

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