The Magpie Lord (A Charm of Magpies #1)
K.J. Charles
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
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· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 104 ratings · 210 pages · Published: 02 Sep 2014
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.
Warning: Contains hot m/m sex between a deeply inappropriate earl and a very confused magician, dark plots in a magical version of Victorian England, family values (not the good kind), and a lot of swearing.
Tagged as:
- gay romance 43
- historical 40
- victorian 38
- paranormal 35
- magic 34
- mystery 34
- witches 32
- enemies to lovers 32
- fantasy 31
- suspense 30
- steampunk 25
- urban fantasy 25
- dark romance 24
- regency 21
- age gap 21
- funny 11
- class difference 11
- height difference 11
- short king 8
- bdsm 7
- third person pov 6
- rich hero 5
- male pov 4
- dual pov 4
- queer romance 4
- secret relationship 3
- anal sex 3
- sweet/gentle hero 3
- forbidden love 2
- shy hero 2
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- abuse 19
- suicide / ideation 6
- third party abuse 4
- incest 4
- queerphobia 3
- death / grief 3
- animal death 1
- past child abuse 1
- third party sexual assault 1
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- british isles 1
- england 1
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The 'A Charm of Magpies' series
388 ratings 4.14 ·
fantasy · historical · magic · urban fantasy · victorian · queer · m-m · paranormal · mystery · witches · age difference · class difference · third-person-pov · short-king · male-pov · regency · super rich hero · humor · length-novella · erotica
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