"Rice has a magical touch for creating fascinating plots, delicious romance, and delightful characters..." – Booklist

As a second son, Lord Harry Winchester indulges in a carefree, comfortable life— until the unusual death of his brother and father bestows upon him a dukedom plagued with a crumbling family manor and hungry debtors. What’s a desperate duke to do but marry the wealthy lady betrothed to him since childhood?

Lady Christina Malcolm Childe’s magical gift of reading auras reveals, to her dismay, that her laughing Harry has recently become a dark and bitter man. She must find out why. . .before the worm-eaten floors of his manor collapse beneath her feet. Until Harry learns to love her truly, this willful Malcolm refuses to consummate their marriage. No matter how tempting he proves to be....

MAGICAL MALCOLM SERIES IN ORDER

Merely Magic

Must Be Magic

The Trouble With Magic

This Magic Moment

Much Ado About Magic

Magic Man

“This charming and immensely entertaining tale…takes a smart, determined heroine who will accept nothing less than true love and an honorable hero who eventually realizes what love is and sets them on course to solve a mystery, save an entire estate, and find the magic of love.” – *Library Journal*

"Rice has a magical touch for creating fascinating plots, delicious romance, and delightful characters both flesh-and-blood and ectoplasmic." --*Booklist*