The Magpie Lord
A Charm of Magpies, Book 1
A lord in danger. A magician in turmoil. A snowball in hell.
Exiled to China for twenty years, Lucien Vaudrey never planned to return to England. But with the mysterious deaths of his father and brother, it seems the new Lord Crane has inherited an earldom. He’s also inherited his family’s enemies. He needs magical assistance, fast. He doesn’t expect it to turn up angry.
Magician Stephen Day has good reason to hate Crane’s family. Unfortunately, it’s his job to deal with supernatural threats. 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. That’s definitely unusual.
Soon Stephen is falling hard for the worst possible man, at the worst possible time. But Crane’s dangerous appeal isn’t the only thing rendering Stephen powerless. 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.
This is a new edition of the book previously published by Samhain. The text has been lightly edited but there are no significant changes.
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Cover art by Lennan Adams at Lexiconic Design
Audio narrated by Cornell Collins
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Animal abuse/death, suicide (attempted on page, actual off page), violence, questionable consent, power exchange dynamics, vomiting/choking, occult horrors, deaths, homophobia, references to sexual abuse and incest (off page).
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