Curses & Cravats

One magical Season. One fake courtship. One deeply vexing peacock.

Lady Juno Starbrooke is no stranger to the unusual. After all, when one's familiar is a grumpy peacock and your family's power comes from an ancient Roman Bath, life is hardly ever dull.

But carrying a secret deadly curse into the London Season is another matter entirely.

After her presentation to the Queen ends in magical catastrophe and ruin, Juno attracts the attention of Major Augustus Hawkins—a decorated soldier with an unsettling talent for asking questions she cannot answer.

When Hawk offers a fake courtship to repair Juno's reputation, she agrees for one practical reason: it is far easier to keep a dangerous man close.

Hawk, meanwhile, has plans of his own. He is investigating a curse on England's magical dukedoms, and Lady Juno may be the key to unraveling it.

Pretending to court her should be simple.

Falling for her was not part of the arrangement.

But as their deception begins to feel dangerously real, Juno uncovers a truth about her father that threatens everything she thought she knew about her family.

Some curses, it turns out, were chosen. Some prices cannot be unpaid. And Juno is running out of time to discover whether hers can be before the truth destroys everything she loves.

A whimsical gaslamp fantasy romance featuring fake courtship, magical intrigue, family secrets, and one thoroughly unmanageable peacock.
 

Curses & Cravats is closed-door Regency fantasy romance.