Books 2014 - The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles

Exiled to China for twenty years, Lucien Vaundry 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... Evil pervades the house, a web of plots is closing around Crane, and if Stephen can't find a way through it - they're both going to die.

Okay, this feels like cheating a little, because this is the second time (this year) that I've read this book (what can I tell you, I have fan-ish tendencies... *g*) - but, but-but-but... this was the actual printed version! It's a real book with pages, yeay! I can flick through them, and go back and forth as much as I like... Yeay!

And I still like it, too. ( As far as Readers in Peril goes... )