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Welcome to the Blackwater Parish, where the tea is sweet, the mud is deep, and the hospitality is the most dangerous trap of all. In the Low Country, the mapmakers call it a swamp. The tax collectors call it hell. But to Miss Daisy Goodswallow, it's home. She runs the Honeysuckle Lodge, a sanctuary of high-class vice built on stilts and secrets. To the King's inspectors, it's a ""Sanatorium for Tired Gentlemen."" To the locals, it's the headquarters of the resistance. Under the oppressive rule of King Thistlefoot II-a monarch who taxed fun into oblivion-Miss Daisy and her girls have turned the Lodge into a fortress of polite rebellion. But the Lodge is merely a cover for the Nightshade Clan-a covert sisterhood of Halfling shinobi hiding in the swamp. They are the Deadly Nightshades: Miss Daisy: The Matron (and clan Jonin) who wears authority like armor and can break a man's spirit with a single, disappointed glance. Violet Graves: The pint-sized bouncer who looks like a doorman but moves like a shadow-assassin with her twin daggers. Rose Hips: The shortstack burlesque dancer whose fans are sharper than her wit and whose weapons play is legendary. Petunia: The Honeysuckle's ""Innocent,"" whose wide-eyed clumsiness is the perfect cover for espionage and a knife in the dark. Iris: The sniper who ensures the perimeter is always polite. Lily: The Gnome illusionist who can make a magistrate believe he's drowning in his own paperwork. From seducing Orcish generals to outwitting Inquisitors in a high-stakes game of cards, the Nightshades protect their own. But when a Royal Audit threatens to burn the Parish to the ground, the girls must trade their silk robes for shinobi shozoku and prove that in the Blackwater, the deadliest things aren't the gators-they're the hostesses. Southern hospitality just got weaponized. Pour yourself a glass of Swamp-Fire and mind your manners-the Nightshades are in. Note: This book contains adult themes, spicy situations, and is intended for mature audiences (18+).

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