Mary Poppins¿meets¿Labyrinth¿and¿A Midsummer Night's Dream¿in a feel-good blend of cozy fantasy magic, historical romance, humor, and Victorian era charm as the headmistress of the Parasol Academy for Exceptional Nannies and Governesses must rescue two kidnapped children from the clutches of a "Highland" goblin king . . . all the while managing her vexing childhood nemesis and neighbor, the deliciously wicked Lord Hartwell.
Felicity Temple, headmistress of the Parasol Academy has an epic crisis on her hands.¿Two¿children under the care of a Parasol nanny have been abducted by Grimloch, the Goblin King, and the Academy's whole reputation is at stake. When her neighbor and thorn-from-her-past, Lord Hartwell, unexpectedly approaches Felicity to help manage a monumental personal disaster of his own, it's the last thing she needs. The problem is, Lord Hartwell knows too many of Felicity's closely guarded secrets . . . like the fact that she secretly uses Fae magic in the line of duty. Oh, what's a headmistress to do, especially when Lord Hartwell offers her a bargain: Help him repair his public image and he'll help her rescue the children from Grimloch's remote island lair.
Marcus, Lord Hartwell, a former rakehell, didn't mean to jilt his fiancée, a duke's daughter, at the altar. But when Marcus accidentally misses his wedding day, and the irate duke vows to make Marcus pay, Marcus determines he must dösomething¿to salvage his shattered reputation. Of course, he can think of no better person for the job than "Miss Goody Two Shoes" Felicity Temple. Given their stormy past history, convincing Felicity to help will be no mean feat. Although, Marcus does have a few tricks up his sleeve and he's not above employing them to get his way . . .
But when Queen Victoria's support of the Parasol Academy looks like it's on shaky ground, and Good Queen Maeve of the Fae goes missing, and Felicity suspects that Maeve's evil sister, Queen Mab, might be behind¿everything, Felicity decides she might just need all the help she can get.¿Now she just has to work out how to go beyond the veil to visit the Fae Realm and breach Grimloch's castle, all the while guarding her heart against the charms of the most-vexing-viscount-who-ever-lived . . .
