02197cam a2200361 i 4500 2162316834 TxGeo 20250429120000.0 250530s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9798890032317 hbk. TxGeo rda Cold, Elias. The duke steals hearts & other body parts / Elias Cold. Duke steals hearts and other body parts. Salem, MA : Page Street Publishing, 2025. 346 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Wielding a magic that allows him to pop off limbs, con artist Phyllis steals body parts and his partner Lucent ransoms them. Everyone who knows about Phyllis's magic is afraid of him--except for Lucent. But his partner's love comes with one condition: Phyllis must keep stealing. But when a mark can't afford ransom for his missing nose, Phyllis loses his resolve. The man claims his sister Adeline was taken, and without her money he can't pay until she's found. Intrigued, Phyllis investigates Adeline's disappearance, but she's not the only missing girl in their seedy city. To gain answers from the nobility, Phyllis masquerades as a duke--Lord Phillip of Rabbiton--and begins to fall in love with both stories of Adeline and the man he's becoming to try and find her. Soon, he's not sure he ever wants to return to Lucent and their life of crime together. When he finally finds Adeline with another missing girl, it turns out they're not dead--but undead. To win Adeline's heart and break from his toxic past, Phillip will have to scheme to keep his title and master his evolving magic. 14-19 Brodart. 9-12 Brodart. 20250702. Swindlers and swindling Fiction. Missing persons Fiction. Transgender people Fiction. Magic Fiction. Fantasy fiction. LGBTQ+ fiction. Queer fiction. Romance fiction. QS5