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Emily has been obsessed with faerie stories her entire life, but at first she feels as ill-suited to Faerie as she did to the mortal world-how could an unassuming scholar like herself pass for a queen? Yet there is little time to settle in-Wendell's murderous stepmother has placed a deadly curse upon the land before vanishing without a trace. It will take all of Wendell's magic-and Emily's knowledge of stories-to unravel the mystery before they lose everything they hold dear.   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Reader reviews:'Amazing!'★★★★★'Love it!' ★★★★★'I wanted it to last forever!' ★★★★★All strays are welcome here.   Agnes Aubert is very fond of making lists. These lists kept her afloat when she lost her husband two years ago. And now, as the founder of a cat rescue charity, her meticulous organization skills feel like the only thing standing between her beloved cats - His Majesty, Banshee and sweet elderly Thoreau, to name a few -  and utter disaster.   But when Agnes is forced to move the charity, she soon discovers that her new shop is being used as a front; right under her feet is the lair of the decidedly disorganised - not to mention self-absorbed and infuriatingly handsome - Havelock Renard.   Havelock is everything Agnes doesn't want in her life: chaos, mischief, and a little too much adventure. But as she gets to know him, she discovers he's more than the dark magician of legend, and that she may be ready for a little intrigue, perhaps even romance. 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Along the way, she's  rescued a faerie kingdom and helped her now-husband - fellow professor  Wendell Bambleby, dashing and infuriating in equal measure - regain his  throne. And while understanding her fellow mortals has never been her  strong suit, she's also made a small number of friends.   But two  years later, one of those friends goes missing in the beautiful but  faerie-haunted Black Forest in Germany, a region of picturesque villages  and sinister Folk. And if she's to save him, Emily will have to reckon  with the darker side of her own nature, and how ruthless she's prepared  to be to solve the most tantalising of scholarly mysteries: the history  of the ancient and long-lost realm she's named Dark Faerie, the only  place the Folk fear.   But Emily is not alone - she has her beloved  Wendell, and her niece Ariadne, who hopes to follow in her footsteps.  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