Celia Lake
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Enjoy this gentle and kind historical fantasy romance set in the magical community of Great Britain after the Great War. Lydia yearns to make her name as a journalistMore to the point, Lydia can't keep going as she has. There's never enough money, nor enough time. She's always scrambling, never sure of the ground beneath her or whether she can rely on anyone for help. Galen needs to figure out who he is now.The last year has brought too much change....
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Secrets in the stones
Proserpina Gates thought she had a straightforward research question.
A widowed bookseller keeping things running on her own, Pross has taken on a research project to help ends meet. All she wants to do is help her client discover the truth about the stories of a hidden hoard on the family estate in Norfolk. But the Research Society has changed, and the only person who shows any interest in helping her is Ibis Ward.
And he's...
3) Eclipse
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Enjoy this kind and clever historical fantasy romance set in the magical community of Great Britain after the Great War.Thesan loves the stars.As the Astronomy professor at Schola, Albion's leading magical school, she's made a life full of teaching, observation, and research. She wants what is best for her students, all of them.Thesan is looking forward to a year of learning, and the magic of the coming near total solar eclipse.Isembard has lived...
4) Carry On
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Enjoy this kind and gentle historical fantasy romance set in the magical community of Great Britain during the Great War.Elen has a nurse's hands.Sent home from the Front after a injury leaves her with ongoing headaches, Elen is desperate to do her part for the War effort. Assigned to a mysterious patient, she wants to help him recover.The Temple of Healing should be a sanctuary. But when Elen tries to find out more about her patient, she can't get...
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On the Summer Solstice of 1940, Gabe made a solemn oath. Two parts of it were easy enough, he was already doing them. The third part has haunted his every choice since. When he is asked a question that August, Gabe knows he must answer yes. His answer will change him, his family, and everything around him. There is no other way through but keeping his word and dealing with the consequences. No one said he had to do it the way anyone else expects....
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Enjoy this kind and creative Edwardian historical fantasy romance set in the magical community of Great Britain.Rhoe agreed to this trip for her own reasons.About to take up a new and challenging position as a healer, Rhoe agreed to a trip with her brother on a luxurious ocean liner. She plans to spend the voyage reading, relaxing, and ignoring the social duelling of the first class passengers.It's not that simple. Nothing with her brother ever is.Hugh...
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Enjoy this gentle and kind historical fantasy romance set in the magical community of Great Britain after the Great War. Robin needs colour and freedom. After a series of awful decisions, Robin has spent the past two and a half years under the close supervision of his aunts on the family estate. Finally they've decided he can go back to his work as an art and antique dealer. When he overhears a conversation about historical pigments, he's sure a spot...
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What does it mean to claim your place?
Arthur was born to service and war.
Arthur has the trajectory of his life mapped out for him. He'll work his way up through a series of Army postings, keeping up the honour and military traditions of his family. He is gifted with martial magics, clever with languages, and sensible enough to avoid getting trapped by bad decisions. It's given him a head start.
Melusina has plans of her own.
She means to use...
9) Outcrossing
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Magic can't solve all problems. Maybe love can.
Rufus lost his brothers to the Great War and his parents to the Naples Scourge. He's on the verge of losing his New Forest cottage, his ponies, and any chance of a future. Everyone knows his magic is powerful, but no one trusts him, not anymore. When he saves Ferry's charge from a cranky pony on market day, she offers the first kind words he's heard in months.
Ferry became a governess in rural England...
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New magic brings new challenges. Charged with creating a magical journal that would allow rapid communication during the Great War, Lynet has worked with a papermaker to overcome the technical challenges. But brilliant magical innovation isn't enough. When she returns from a leave after the death of her father, Lynet is told they have to make more journals, cheaper and faster. The last thing she needs is a set of unskilled hands assigned to help her...
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The world keeps changing.
Alexander's world was upended three years ago when a spot of espionage had ripple effects that transformed every part of his life, even his relationship with his own magic. Now, he's compelled by politics to spend the summer of 1938 in America instead of with his family and friends. No problem, he can tend to loose ends, like a threat that's been looming over his chosen family for more than a decade.
Alexander knows his...
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Collaboration and curiosity can tackle the thickest thorns.
Giles Lefton has an excellent life. He enjoys his mathematics, his teaching at the University, and his cryptography assignments.
When a manor missing for centuries suddenly reappears in the middle of Oxfordshire, Giles is glad to take on the project. Figuring out magical puzzles and patterns is one of his specialities, after all. Blinded during the Great War, he knows he needs an assistant...
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Celebrate the winter with three novellas about love, family, and what it means to be home after the Great War. Casting Nasturtiums brings a family together. Seth has no idea what's happened to Golshan since that awful day in the trenches in 1918. Now he's demobbed, Seth can track down Golshan, love Dilly (his wife), and get back to his woodwork. Of course, it's never that simple. Seth has to fight a bureaucracy, Golshan needs to reclaim his life,...
14) Goblin Fruit
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Addictive potions challenge even the best minds.
Lord Geoffrey Carillon is well-known as a pleasant and harmless sort of man. On the surface, he's recovered from the Great War, taking his role as Lord of Ytene seriously when he's not seen at any number of house parties, concerts, and balls. When an inquiry agency needs his particular talents to help investigate a mysterious and highly addictive golden drink, he's happy to lend a hand.
Lizzie Penhallow...
15) Perfect Accord
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Nothing too horrible can happen in a fortnight. Charlotte is worried. Her friend Victor - the man everyone expects she'll marry - has fallen in with a new circle. Growing up in the family she has, Charlotte knows there's something odd going on. The new friends are older, united in a passion for ancient legends, and there's something just a bit too intense about all of them. When Charlotte and Victor are invited for a fortnight at a remote country...
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Enjoy this kind and creative 1906 historical fantasy romance set in the magical community of Great Britain.Alysoun wants more than duty.Born into the aristocratic circles of Albion's upper class, Alysoun has done everything expected of her. She has married well, produced two healthy children, and handled her social obligations with grace.It's not enough. Her husband is kind but distant, and she lives with ongoing mysterious pain. Worst of all, she...
17) The Fossil Door
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Enjoy this kind and gentle historical fantasy romance set in the magical community of Great Britain after the Great War.Rathna has a gift for doorways.When a portal in the Scottish Highlands stops working, she is one of the only Portal Keepers able to travel to investigate. On the other hand, the location presents some challenges. As a London-born Bengali woman, she's nothing like the villagers.And of course, there's the worrying question: why did...
18) On the Bias
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Enjoy this kind and gentle 1920s historical fantasy romance series set in the magical community of Great Britain.Cassie makes dresses that flatter and charmCassie has worked hard for years to become one of Albion's respected dressmakers. She thrives on figuring out how to clothe her clients superbly whatever the current fashion, and ignores all the gossip.Almost all of it.Benton was born to be of service.After the Great War, he found a place for life...
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In 1946, four second year students at Schola have challenges to face. Leo, Ros, Avigail, and Jasper need to make some key decisions about their lives. Being at the most elite of the schools of magic in Great Britain has advantages, but that doesn't mean everything comes easily.First, they have to figure out what they want to do and be when they grow up. It's a hard choice to make at fourteen. Next, second year is when Schola's secret societies pick...
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In May of 1945, as the war in Europe is coming to an end, three women can turn their attention to an old and lingering problem. Lizzie never met her brother-in-law, Temple. He died in 1922, in what she and her husband now know was a desperate attempt to stop further damage to the land magic. No one has been able to figure out what damaged Temple's magic or why he'd insisted on such self-destructive choices. Lizzie hasn't, her husband Geoffrey hasn't,...