There's more than meets the eye in The Faerie Ring by debut author Kiki Hamilton and this story will take readers on a captivating adventure through Victorian London. Since the ring is missing, there's a group of dangerous faeries on the prowl for Tiki, whom they know has something to do with its disappearance as well as her friend and fellow thief, Rieker. This ring also holds special powers as it holds a truce between the human world and the faerie world. One night Tiki steals a ring, and not just any ring, but Queen Victoria's ring. She never knows what her next meal is going to be and in turn, picks pockets to survive. In Victorian London it's especially tough if you are an orphan living on the streets and that's the situation for Tiki who lives with friends in an abandoned building in Charing Cross Station. Prince, pauper, and thief-all must work together to secure the treaty…' Her very existence haunts Prince Leopold, the Queen’s son, who is driven to know more about the mysterious mark that encircles her wrist. Rieker has secrets of his own, and Tiki is not all that she appears to be. Unbeknownst to Tiki, she is being watched-and protected-by Rieker, a fellow thief who suspects she is involved in the disappearance of the ring. With the ring missing, a rebel group of faeries hopes to break the treaty with dark magic and blood-Tiki’s blood. For the ring belongs to Queen Victoria, and it binds the rulers of England and the realm of Faerie to peace.

One December night, Tiki steals a ring, and sets off a chain of events that could lead to all-out war with the Fey. Their only means of survival is by picking pockets.

The year is 1871, and Tiki has been making a home for herself and her family of orphans in a deserted hideaway adjoining Charing Cross Station in central London. Goodreads says, ' Debut novelist Kiki Hamilton takes readers from the gritty slums and glittering ballrooms of Victorian London to the beguiling but menacing Otherworld of the Fey in this spellbinding tale of romance, suspense, and danger.

The Faerie Ring by Kiki Hamilton