Garden Folly Magic: A Historical Fantasy Romance - Paperback

by Anne Rollins (Author)

Can her witchcraft charm even a notorious rake?

Although Maria Kellway prefers living in the country, where she can grow herbs for her witchcraft, her grandparents bring her to London in search of eligible suitors. Instead, she stumbles into scandal. Wanting to stay out of the gossip pages, Maria accepts an invitation to a house party hosted by one of her grandmother's friends. Much to her dismay, though, she discovers that the guestroom next to hers houses the man who instigated the scandal: young Lord Markham.

Markham may be a rake, but kissing a debutante at a rout party was an honest mistake. He's perfectly willing to make amends for damaging Maria's reputation, so long as he can do so without marrying her himself. Believing that the best solution is for Maria to marry someone else, Markham attempts to find a husband for her at his grandparents' house party. Maria may say she doesn't want to marry, but surely love will bloom in the right setting!

But when a thunderstorm drives Maria and Markham to seek shelter together, everything changes in a heated instant. Now Markham can't help but want Maria, and Maria isn't as indifferent to him as she believed.

Can they find a happily ever after together despite Markham's rakish past? Or will the coming storm, despite Markham's penchant for weather magic, be too great to bear?

Tropes you'll love:

✅ Witch heroine

✅ Rake with a heart of gold

✅ Scandalous kiss / ruined reputation

✅ Forced proximity

✅ Matchmaking gone wrong

✅ House party romance

✅ Magic-infused historical setting

✅ Slow burn with open-door heat

✅ Enemies-to-lovers

✅ Hero redemption arc

Cambion Club

Book 1 - Garden Folly Magic

Book 2 - Twelfth Night Sorcery

Book 3 - Falling Star Enchantment