“Trusted Few?” he parroted, his brow quirked at her. A grin tugged at his lips. Why was that amusing?
“The governing body in our world. Much like your aristocracy. The House of Lords.”
“Only you have a house with a trusted few?” He chuckled. “Certainly, you do.” He finally came to a grand room lined with books, which must have been his library. Claire gazed at the overstuffed shelves. One of her favorite pastimes was reading, and she nearly salivated at the thought of looking through all the books. She forced her attention back to him. “When will we be leaving?”
“When Robin sends words that his business is concluded.” He dropped into a chair behind his desk and began to sort through a stack of correspondence. “Is Ramsdale really your father?”
“No.” She didn’t say more than that. Just the single word.
“Robin says differently.”
“We were raised by our grandparents.” She turned and pretended to peruse the shelves. Talking of her parents still hurt a little. She had never met them. She’d been raised with the fae, along with her brother Marcus and her sister Sophia. There were never any parents in their lives until Sophia stumbled across the Ramsdales. They’d lived in London all her life, right where she could have found them, if she’d only known they existed. Claire still hadn’t met them. Nor did she plan to. Nor did she plan to meet her human brother and sisters. The children her parents had kept.
“Would you prefer that I call you Miss Thorne? Or shall we throw out all social constraints and call one another by our first names, Claire?” he asked, a crooked grin lifting the corners of his lips.
“Miss Thorne will do nicely.” she corrected.
“You may call me, Finn, Claire.” He was taunting her. She was well aware of it. And he was enjoying it.
Benny bustled into the room with an armful of wood. “My lord?” he asked quickly. Lord Phineas motioned with an impatient hand toward the hearth. Benny began to stack wood in the grate and lit it with a quick flick of his flint.
“There,” he said, dusting his hands together. “I’ll take care of the bedchamber next.” Lord Phineas nodded, obviously distracted by the contents of his correspondence.
“Thank you, Benny,” Claire said. The boy flushed at her praise.
“I put your things in his lordship’s bedchamber.”
“That will be all, Benny,” Lord Phineas barked.
Benny bowed to her quickly and fled the room.
“You need to clear up the boy’s misconception.”
“What misconception would that be?” He looked up at her, his blue eyes flashing.
“The lad is under the impression we’ll share a bedchamber.”
Lord Phineas stood up slowly. He crossed the room to stand in front of her and bent down by her ear, where he said softly, “My darling, we are going to share a bedchamber.”
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Everlasting Enchantment
by Kathryne Kennedy
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Powerful magic is afoot
Millicent Pantere has lived her entire life in the notorious London Underground. She cares nothing for the problems of the crown or the intrigues of society. But the ladies of the realm are acting strangely, and Millicent is coerced into tracking down the rumors of a mysterious man—a magic man who comes in the night and disappears at dawn.
And so the hunt begins
Millicent’s search leads her to one of Merlin’s legendary relics and the seductive knight whose fate is bound up with it. Centuries ago, Sir Gareth Solimere made the mistake of seducing the wrong woman, and he has been trapped ever since by a diabolical curse. He’s looking for the one who can break the enchantment—but in this world, there is no love without betrayal…
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Praise for the Relics of Merlin series:
“Kennedy will sweep you away and into a world of magic, mayhem, and fractured love.”—Night Owl Romance
“Enchanting! This series is amazing, and I am completely hooked.”—The Long and Short of It Reviews
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Double Enchantment
by Kathryne Kennedy
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Too much of a very good thing…
High society enjoys their powers based on their rank, but Lady Jasmina Karlyle’s magic causes nothing but trouble. Her simple spell has gone horribly wrong, and now she has a twin running around the London social scene wreaking havoc on her reputation. When both she and her twin get intimately involved with gorgeous shape-shifting stallion Sir Sterling Thorn, Jasmina finds herself in the impossible position of being jealous of herself…
Still isn’t enough…
Sterling is irresistibly drawn to Jasmina. She seems to have two completely different sides to her personality though, and the confusion is driving him mad. Is love just the other side of lust…or is what he has with Jasmina much, much more than that?
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“A hugely imaginative story with terrific characters, a complex plot, and a heartwarming love story.” —Star-Crossed Romance
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Enchanting the Lady
by Kathryne Kennedy
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Their magic lives within each one of them…
In a Victorian England with a rigid hierarchy of magic, lion shape-shifter Sir Terence Blackwell is at the bottom rung of society. Only Lady Felicity Seymour, who has no magic, no inheritance, and no prospects, may be willing to judge the man strictly on his own merits…
However deeply it may be hidden…
When family pressures push Lady Felicity into a terrible fate, she has only Sir Terence to turn to. As the two outcasts are propelled by circumstances beyond their control, they are forced to explore the unseen depths beneath society’s facade. And what they discover about each other is more real and more beautiful than they ever could have imagined…
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“Kennedy has totally enchanted us with this book. It’s like reading an adult version of Beauty and the Beast with a bit more spunk.” —Yankee Romance Reviewers
“Casts a magic spell on the audience from the moment the heroine expects to fail her test and never lets go until the final magical revelation.” —Midwest Book Review
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About the Author
As half of the Lydia Dare writing team, Tammy Falkner has cowritten ten books, including In the Heat of the Bite, A Certain Wolfish Charm, and Wolfishly Yours, which was named by Publishers Weekly one of the Top 10 Best Fall Romance Books of 2012. She is a huge fan of Regency England, and her latest series explores the theory that the fae can walk between the glittering world of the ton and their own land. The first two books in the series, A Lady and Her Magic and The Magic of “I Do,” garnered glowing reviews—RT Book Reviews said, “Funny, sexy, and enchanting romance… 4.5 Stars.”
Tammy lives on a farm in rural North Carolina with her husband and a house full of boys, a few dogs, and a cat or two. Visit her website: www.tammyfalkner.com.
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Prologue
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
T
hirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-One
Twenty-Two
Twenty-Three
Epilogue
An excerpt from A Lady and Her Magic
An excerpt from The Magic of “I Do”
About the Author
Back Cover
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