When a blackmailer threatens to expose their illicit relationship, Crane knows a smart man would hop the first ship bound for China. True, Stephen’s job as justiciar requires secrecy, but the magician’s disappearing act bothers Crane more than it should. Lord Crane has never had a lover quite as elusive as Stephen Day. – Romantic Times (Top Pick for September 2014) “The dialogue between the heroes is fun and intense… The building steam combusts into heat that sizzles right off the pages.” “This combination of magic, mystery, and mayhem will have crossover appeal for fans of several genres an exciting new voice in the paranormal world.” “Charles begins a new gay Victoria fantasy series with this short but colorful novel Sexual tension between the men is sizzling…” Evil pervades the house, a web of plots is closing round Crane, and if Stephen can’t find a way through it-they’re both going to die. But Crane’s dangerous appeal isn’t the only thing rendering Stephen powerless. Soon Stephen is falling hard for the worst possible man, at the worst possible time. Besides, the earl is unlike any aristocrat he’s ever met, with the tattoos, the attitude…and the way Crane seems determined to get him into bed.

Unfortunately, it’s his job to deal with supernatural threats. Magician Stephen Day has good reason to hate Crane’s family. He’s also inherited his family’s enemies.

But with the mysterious deaths of his father and brother, it seems the new Lord Crane has inherited an earldom. A snowball in hell.Įxiled to China for twenty years, Lucien Vaudrey never planned to return to England. A Charm of Magpies series The Magpie LordĪ lord in danger.

A Case of Spirits by K.J. Charles