"Beatrice Clayborn is a sorceress who practices magic in secret, terrified of the day she will be locked into a marital collar that will cut off her powers to protect her unborn children. She dreams of pursuing magic as her calling as men do, but her family has staked everything to equip her for Bargaining Season, when young men and women of means negotiate the best marriages. The Clayborns are in severe debt, and only she can save them, by securing...