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Moonlight Wish
When Lady Edwina Langston’s grandfather orders her to marry his heir or be cut off without a penny, she makes a heartfelt wish on the full moon to be her own mistress. Xanthe, her fun-loving fairy godmother, sweeps her off to Brighton’s summer season, where Eddie’s ability at piquet can lead her to wealth—or ruin. When her spurned groom, the dashing and dangerous Viscount Ashtead, aids her in her new career as a genteel gamestress, is it out of the growing love she longs for—or as a plot to win her grandfather’s fortune?
Xanthe and Titus must spin a magical web of romance to entangle this mistrustful pair into the true freedom of love.
Publisher’s Note: This story was previously published elsewhere.
Reviewer: Janean
Review: Sep 20, 2010
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Regency
Lady Edwina Langston is a sweet and pretty young woman who has had enough of men running her life for her. The last straw is when her grandfather orders her to marry Viscount Ashtead or be cut of his will! So, when Xanthe, Edwina’s fairy godmother gives her the opportunity to gain her independence she takes it! Now Edwina has eight weeks as a gamestress to make enough money to support herself and finall
Starlight Wish
When Major Aubrey Kellands becomes the fifth Earl of Daventry, he returns from the Peninsula to the ancestral home he has not seen in eleven years. He finds both household and estate in complete chaos and decides he needs a sensible wife to help him restore order. His whimsical wish on a star brings Xanthe—his fairy godmother—and her cat Titus. Xanthe announces she will hold a house party over Christmas at his home, thus granting him the opportunity to find the wife he truly needs.
Miss Desdemona Lynton is lively and mischievous—the exact opposite of the wife Daventry seeks. Her humor—and her relentless pursuit of housebreakers who plague the neighborhood—enthrall him despite his best efforts to ignore her. His heart and his head are in deep conflict, and only Xanthe’s magical humming can help him discover that what he really needs—and wants—is love.
Publisher’s Note: This story was previously published elsewhere.
Reviewer: Jancr57
Review: Jul 23, 2010
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Regency
Major Aubrey Kellands has been away for eleven years before returning to Kellands Court as the Fifth Earl of Daventry. However; upon his arrival he finds the place nearly abandoned by servants and in great need of repair. His two half-sisters have nearly been left to raise themselves with the exception of a couple of loyal servants . When Daventry decides that a wife is necessary to he
Haunting Flame
Length: Novel
When Captain Anthony, Lord Lambeth, returns from the Peninsular War, he is crippled in both body and spirit. He has just inherited an estate in desperate need of repairs and no money to make them. He can’t stomach making the marriage of convenience his family urges on him, avoiding it by vowing to fulfill a promise to his dying friend to look after his impoverished little sister—by marrying her.
The lively Calpurnia Rycroft has worshipped Tony since they were children and is appalled by his depression. She agrees to an engagement to give him time to recover—though it will break her heart when he eventually marries someone more suitable.
The ring he gives her turns icy on her hand and a ghostly flame emerges from it. Callie realizes the ghost wants something from her, but is it revenge or help? The search is on to find the answers, but as Tony’s spirits improve, Callie sees her chance of love slipping away.
Publisher Note: This story was previously published elsewhere.
Reviewer: Kyraninse
Review: Oct 5, 2010
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Regency
Haunting Flame is a sweet, moving story with just the right amount of paranomal activity. Bennett has a fine hand with characterization and the plot flows smoothly, with no visible anachronisms to trip things up.
Callie and Tony are, if not of the dark and dangerous type, are charismatic, their slow realization of their fall into love bewistching, and it's a welcome change that the conflict between lovers mo
Candlelight Wish
Book Length: Novel
When Phoebe Caldicot loses her much-needed job as an instructress at a select Bath seminary, she knows exactly whom to blame. Sir Miles Saunderton, the elder brother of one of her pupils, is managing, infuriating and the last man she ever wants to see again. As she gazes into a candle flame, she wishes for security. Marriage seems her only option, but where can a penniless ex-schoolmistress find a suitable husband?
The rippling water in a silver bowl stills, and Lady Xanthe Simms and her huge white cat Titus see the image of the desperate young lady. But desperation and wishes are what keep life busy and entertaining for the resourceful fairy godmother. With a melodic hum—and the fluttering to the floor of one of her gold-tipped wing feathers—Lady Xanthe sets forth to grant Phoebe the opportunity to make her wish come true. But opportunities are never certainties…
Publisher’s Note: Previously published elsewhere.
Reviewer: Hanna
Review: Oct 28, 2009
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Historical Romance, Regency
If you like a good Jane Austen style plot with a fresh style, you’ll enjoy Janice Bennett’s Candlelight Wish
When Phoebe Caldicott is dismissed from her job as an instructress of young ladies through no fault of her own, she suddenly finds out she has a Fairy-Godmother who can grant her the opportunity to make a suitable match that will ease her worries of supporting herself and her brother. &quo
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