The Governess’s Guide to Spells and Managing Misfit Marquesses

Mary Poppins meets My Fair Lady in a feel-good blend of cozy fantasy magic,historical romancehumorand Victorian era charmas a recent graduate of the Parasol Academy for Exceptional Nannies and Governesses finds herself at sea on a ship commanded by a captivating Irishman. For readers of India HoltonHeather FawcettAllison SaftKatherine ArdenFreya Marskeand Olivia AtwaterΓÇÖs Regency Faerie Tales series. Hermina Davenport can hardly believe the audacious exploit she is about to attempt. To protect an orphaned young viscountthe prim and proper governess feels she has no choice but to break the rules of the Parasol Academy Handbook! When the ladΓÇÖs guardiana ruthlessly ambitious explorerensorcelled by the evil Fae Queenspirits him away on a dangerous North Pole expeditionMina employs an invisibility spell to snatch him from the ship. But a magical misfire whisks Mina and her charge onto a different vesselthat of a ruggedly handsome IrishmanΓÇöa strapping prizefighter from DublinΓÇÖs backstreetsΓÇöand Mina finds sheΓÇÖs at sea in more ways than one . . . Phineas OΓÇÖConnellLord Kinsalecan no more explain the arrival of this English Rose than he can adapt to his newly-inherited titleΓÇöthough his disgruntled pet pug clearly has ΓÇ£thoughtsΓÇ¥ about the fair stowaway. But their enchanted encounter sparks an irresistible offer: Phinn enlists the polished Miss Davenport to transform this misfit marquess into a mannered gentleman ready for his seat in Parliament. No magic requiredjust enticingly intimate lessons in etiquette and elocution to smooth all his rough edges including a stammer. . . But when enemiesΓÇöboth earthly and supernaturalpast and presentΓÇöthreatena confrontation beginswhere MinaΓÇÖs nondescript umbrella is just one of her powerful weapons . . .