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The Book of the Damned by Tanith Lee

Malice in Saffron summary:

Jehanine was raped and abused by her stepfather, Belnard so she runs away from home. Her brother goes after her on a donkey and tries to rape her so she fights back and knocks him out under a tree where he is left naked. After that, she travels with a group of people and meets a dwarf named Fero along the way. They end up in a city called Paradys and Jehanine finds his brother, Pierre there and tells him what Belnard did to her but Pierre denies it and does not help Jehanine. Jehanine then finds herself at the nunnery where she is provided with food and shelter. Then, she disguises as a boy named Jehan and is lead by Fero to a brotherhood of thieves. She uses the group of thieves to get revenge on Pierre who gets mugged by them. Osanne, a novice nun, realizes that there is evil in Jhane (Jehanine) and tries to help her. Then, the thieves plan on murdering an old rich man and end up killing him and the young boy that was with them. Jehan, then, confronts Master Motius, an artisan and Pierre’s teacher. Master Motius recognized Jehan and showed Jehan Pierre’s woks but Jehan set his works on fire along with Master Motius while escaping from a window. The youngest nun, Marie - Lis recognized Jehan as Jhane so Jehan kidnapped her. Later on, Marie - Lis had hung herself. Meanwhile, a pague hits Paradys and people started dying. Jhane helped save people’s lives and she even finds Pierre almost dying. To help Pierre back to good health, she even cut off her arm and fed it to him. Jhane meets Fero who reveals that he is a shapeshifter and has wings. Meanwhile, Jhane turns into an angel and they fly away. Pierre thinks Jehan is the Devil himself and that mankind is doomed.