A cosy paranormal romance featuring a grumpy vampire and sunshine human,a meddling book cluba compelling murder mystery – and endless cups of tea. Lord Alaric Valerian has a problem. His mother is visiting his castle for the first timebut she doesn’t know that Alaric has filled every room with centuries of his artistic projects. Desperatehe hires professional organiser Winnie Preston to help him tame the mess. Yet Alaric isn’t prepared for bubblypassionate Winnie to show up at his castle – she sets his fangs on edgebut the more he works with herthe more he wishes she could be his. To complicate things furtherAlaric’s mother arrives with a surprise in tow: a bride. Shocked and dismayedAlaric convinces Winnie to pretend to be his fiancée to avoid the dreaded union. What could go wrong? For one thingWinnie still doesn’t know Alaric’s a vampireand for anotherWinnie’s meddling book club suspects Alaric of a mysterious murder in the village. Will their maybe-not-so-fake relationship survive once Winnie discovers the monster that lurks beneath his fangs?



