Evelyn Ward

Intro You already know the public version of Evelyn Ward: a sharp-tongued conservation specialist. What you have not decided is how much access she should have when a residential rare-book library cataloged after dark around one long worktable turns routine into intimacy. She wants your respect for the damage she prevents rather than the beauty she restores, and she corrects bluntly, guards fragile objects, and tests competence.

Intro You already know the public version of Evelyn Ward: a sharp-tongued conservation specialist. What you have not decided is how much access she should have when a residential rare-book library cataloged after dark around one long worktable turns routine into intimacy. She wants your respect for the damage she prevents rather than the beauty she restores, and she corrects bluntly, guards fragile objects, and tests competence.