Bøker av Austin Ryan

Deep in the magical Northwoods, under ribbons of iridescent northern light in the night skies, Saoirse was raised on her grandmother's tales of the faeries-a magical, shape-shifting folk, known for their ethereal beauty and deceitful ways.Years later, she knows they were nothing but stories. At least until a cat shifts into an evil faerie before her very eyes and the little boy next door begs her to save it.Cian is a faerie on a quest to protect an orphaned boy in the Northwoods and has little use for the human girl determined to believe the old stories about his kind-until his injury leaves him no choice but to trust her.When Cian makes Saoirse an offer she can't refuse, will she heed the warning in her grandmother's stories, or will she strike a bargain with a faerie?A Winter Proposal is the first book in a series of interconnected novels set in the Magical Northwoods. This book rates a 4 on the Romantic Content Rating System (RCRS))Escape into this fairy tale fantasy brimming with mythology, folklore, and the magic of dark Nordic winters.

Let the delightful banter between the poor but irresistible rogue and the wealthy, sharp-witted Victorian heiress pull you into a cozy fantasy world brimming with magical powers, steamy kisses, and enough sparks of attraction to run a small country.An edge-of-your-seat cat hunt, a magical library shrouded in mystery, unlimited magical powers, and the scoundrel willing to sacrifice it ALL for the woman he loves.Victorian England, 1848:When the powerful Fairshaw Master dies, an ancient prophecy promises the title of Fairshaw, and Lady Adelaide Fairshaw's hand in marriage to the man who can find the Fairshaw Cat.The sharp-tongued Lady Adelaide is far from a proper lady and cares little for society's expectations that she, as an unmarried woman, must obey the wishes of her dead father. She has no desire to sit around, draped in a starched, black mourning dress to wait for a stranger to catch a cat and force her into an arranged, loveless marriage.But then she meets Frederick Holloway, the opportunistic dock worker determined to pull his sisters out of poverty, by whatever means necessary.Including climbing the wall to her window to convince her to help him find the Fairshaw Cat.Lady Adelaide is determined to hate the brazen scoundrel refusing to leave her alone. But soon their verbal sparring leads to love, and she begins to hope against hope that Frederick will be the man who finds the Fairshaw Cat after all.What happens to their forbidden love when another man finds the cat?¿¿¿¿¿¿¿The Fairshaw Library is a stand-alone, enemies-to-lovers, cozy gaslamp fantasy romance set in a magical, but historically authentic, Victorian England with a scoundrel with a heart of gold, and a strong female heroine who knows so much better than to fall for him. For fans of British regency historical romance, Victorian historical romance, clean & wholesome romance, and fairy tale fantasy romance.