This is the first book in a series called A Society of Gentlemen, a Regency set trilogy about the lives and loves of a group of young men. The first one is somewhat of a take on My Fair Lady, with Harry Vane being plucked from the gutter to take his place in society as an heir to a fortune. His parents were radical reformists, and died for the cause, leaving Harry on his own. HIs grandfather had disowned Harry’s father for his marriage and his […]
“Of course I’ve got a conscience, he’s sitting right next to me.”
Jonah Pastern is a magician, a liar, a windwalker, a professional thief… which about sums up the character as we met him in ‘A Flight of Magpies’. This book is set shortly after that one and is a linked story to that world. You don’t necessarily have to read the Magpie trilogy to understand this book, but it certainly helps since many of the characters make an appearance here. Based on Jonah’s actions in the previous book, I wasn’t sure he would be a guy […]
One for Sorrow, Two for Joy
Danger in the air. Lovers on the brink. And we’re back for another magical, dangerous and hot as sin story with Lucien and Stephen in the third book of the Charm of Magpies trilogy. If you haven’t read the first two books in the series, you really need to do so or you would be rather lost – plus they are well worth reading! Lucien, Lord Crane, continues to be one of the hottest, most intelligent, carelessly elegant heroes I’ve had the pleasure to read […]
There really are a LOT of magpies in this book
Lucien Vaudry, Lord Crane, has returned to England after a twenty year exile in China because he’s inherited an earldom he never wanted. He’s not at all sorry his father and brother are dead, his brother Hector was a particularly nasty character, and their father covered up all his grievous misdeeds. There appears to be a curse on the Crane family, however, and having claimed the lives of his father and brother, it’s Lucien’s turn next. He needs magical assistance, and fast, before he commits […]