Lord Merlyn's Magic — Marcy Stewart

SHE'D SEEN HIS SLEIGHT-OF-HAND...

Abigail Lyons leads an unspeakably dull life. Since the death of her parents, she has been forced to live in the isolated Hampshire countryside with an ill-tempered grandmother. NOW she is expected to wed the owner of the neighboring estate and, alas, she doesn't even LIKE him! What she secretly longs for is excitement and romance...

...COULD SHE TRUST HIS HEART?...

She finds it at the Pendragon Theater during a performance by the celebrated Lord Merlyn the Wizard. In a twinkling, Abigail is whisked on stage...and held spellbound by the handsome stranger behind the magician's mask. She can't believe her ears when he whispers, "You must marry me."

Would she be quite mad to acquiesce? A proper lady never would--at least not until she'd uncovered her groom-to-be's true identity. It may be scandalous, unthinkable, perhaps even dangerous for Abigail to say yes. Yet it could be her only chance to experience the magic of true love.