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    The Plague Doctor's Daughter | ✓
    The Plague Doctor's Daughter | ✓
    rskovach
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    • Reads
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    Complete, First published Feb 24, 2020
    Commoner Giovanna teams up with nobleman Matteo to save a friend from an arranged marriage, but they stumble into a sinister plot that could have victims of Venice's Black Death rising from their graves.
        
        * * *
        As a child, Giovanna Visconti learned the arts of bloodletting and elixir brewing from her father with an intent to simply support his work, not take it over. But when he falls ill from the pestilence that's been ravaging Venice for months, she reluctantly dons the beaked mask of the plague doctor. Vowing to protect her father however she can, Giovanna hides him away and sees her first patient--the handsome, but alarmingly feverish Matteo Barozzi. Although she successfully treats this son of a high-ranking official, in a careless moment Giovanna fails to properly conceal her identity. The only reason she isn't tossed into a dank jail cell is thanks to the young man's honor and feelings of indebtedness.
        
        The association between the charming aristocrat and the clever commoner should end there, but when Giovanna's dearest friend goes missing right after her betrothal to the Doge's son and amid strange reports of nighttime attacks, violent commotions, and inexplicable behaviors in the community, the only person Giovanna can turn to for help is Matteo. Together, they must carefully navigate Venice's increasingly deadly canals to uncover a sect peddling false cures and a smuggling plot involving the highest levels of government or risk the entire Republic falling victim to something even worse than the plague: the risen dead.
        
        Historical Fiction with Fantasy Elements
        THE BORGIAS X FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH
        
        * * *
        WATTYS 2021 winner for Historical Fiction and special HQ prize for "Catchiest Hook"
        AMBYS 2022 winner for Best Zombie story
        
        Content Warning for adult situations including assault and death.
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    Table of contents
    • Prologue
      Tue, Jan 5, 2021
    • 1. Giovanna
      Fri, Feb 28, 2020
    • 2. Giovanna
      Tue, Mar 3, 2020
    • 3. Giovanna
      Fri, Mar 6, 2020
    • 4. Matteo
      Tue, Mar 10, 2020
    • 5. Matteo
      Fri, Mar 13, 2020
    • 6. Nicco
      Tue, Mar 17, 2020
    • 7. Nicco
      Sat, Mar 21, 2020
    • 8. Nicco
      Fri, Mar 27, 2020
    • 9. Giovanna
      Fri, Apr 3, 2020
    • 10. Giovanna
      Sun, Apr 12, 2020
    • 11. Matteo
      Fri, Jun 19, 2020
    • 12. Matteo
      Sat, Jun 27, 2020
    • 13. Giacomo
      Sat, Jul 4, 2020
    • 14. Giovanna
      Tue, Jul 14, 2020
    • 15. Giovanna
      Fri, Jul 31, 2020
    • 16. Nicco
      Sun, Aug 16, 2020
    • 17. Matteo
      Tue, Aug 18, 2020
    • 18. Giovanna
      Thu, Sep 3, 2020
    • 19. Giacomo
      Fri, Oct 2, 2020
    • 20. Nicco
      Wed, Oct 14, 2020
    • 21. Matteo
      Sun, Oct 25, 2020
    • 22. Matteo
      Sat, Nov 7, 2020
    • 23. Giovanna
      Wed, Nov 11, 2020
    • 24. Giovanna
      Fri, Nov 20, 2020
    • 25. Giovanna
      Sat, Nov 21, 2020
    • 26. Nicco
      Fri, Dec 11, 2020
    • 27. Matteo
      Sat, Dec 26, 2020
    • 28. Matteo
      Tue, Dec 29, 2020
    • 29. Giovanna
      Fri, Jan 1, 2021
    • 30. Giovanna
      Tue, Jan 5, 2021
    • 31. Giacomo
      Tue, Jan 19, 2021
    • 32. Matteo
      Tue, Jan 19, 2021
    • 33. Giovanna
      Tue, Jan 26, 2021
    • 34. Giovanna
      Tue, Feb 2, 2021
    • 35. Giovanna
      Wed, Feb 17, 2021
    • 36. Matteo
      Tue, Feb 23, 2021
    • 37. Nicco
      Tue, Mar 30, 2021
    • 38. Nicco
      Tue, Mar 30, 2021
    • Epilogue
      Sun, Apr 4, 2021

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    Commoner Giovanna teams up with nobleman Matteo to save a friend from an arranged marriage, but they stumble into a sinister plot that could have victims of Venice's Black Death rising from their graves.
        
        * * *
        As a child, Giovanna Visconti learned the arts of bloodletting and elixir brewing from her father with an intent to simply support his work, not take it over. But when he falls ill from the pestilence that's been ravaging Venice for months, she reluctantly dons the beaked mask of the plague doctor. Vowing to protect her father however she can, Giovanna hides him away and sees her first patient--the handsome, but alarmingly feverish Matteo Barozzi. Although she successfully treats this son of a high-ranking official, in a careless moment Giovanna fails to properly conceal her identity. The only reason she isn't tossed into a dank jail cell is thanks to the young man's honor and feelings of indebtedness.
        
        The association between the charming aristocrat and the clever commoner should end there, but when Giovanna's dearest friend goes missing right after her betrothal to the Doge's son and amid strange reports of nighttime attacks, violent commotions, and inexplicable behaviors in the community, the only person Giovanna can turn to for help is Matteo. Together, they must carefully navigate Venice's increasingly deadly canals to uncover a sect peddling false cures and a smuggling plot involving the highest levels of government or risk the entire Republic falling victim to something even worse than the plague: the risen dead.
        
        Historical Fiction with Fantasy Elements
        THE BORGIAS X FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH
        
        * * *
        WATTYS 2021 winner for Historical Fiction and special HQ prize for "Catchiest Hook"
        AMBYS 2022 winner for Best Zombie story
        
        Content Warning for adult situations including assault and death.

    40 parts

    • 37. Nicco
      Tue, Mar 30, 2021
    • 38. Nicco
      Tue, Mar 30, 2021
    • Epilogue
      Sun, Apr 4, 2021
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