1888 - Alexandra — Victoria Alexander

#1 New York Times Bestselling author Victoria Alexander takes us back to Nimway Hall, where magic is as old as time and love is where you least expect it.

She's given up on love and magic.

He's going to change her mind.

Alexandra Hayden, the current Guardian of Nimway Hall, is having a very bad day. Well, a very bad year. Or two.

Her third fiancé swindled her out of Nimway's reserve funds, she's spent her dowry to help her tenants, and everything on the estate is in need of repair. Even Nimway Hall itself is starting to look a bit shabby. Worse, legendary Nimway magic seems to have vanished. All her fault of course: She simply isn't the guardian she should be.

Robert Curtis is one of America's wealthiest young captains of industry. Now he finds he's inherited a title and an estate. But Brynmore Manor is long-abandoned and barely standing. It's not at all what Robert hoped to use for business and family holidays and not remotely what he wanted. What's a rich American viscount to do? Buy the estate next door, of course -- Nimway.

The last thing Alex needs is an arrogant American neighbor. What she needs is money -- and fast. To further his acceptance in London society and his business interests, Robert could use a well-connected wife. A marriage of convenience will benefit them both.

But marriage is not at all the practical, sensible arrangement they expected. With their annoying attraction and strangely vivid dreams of each other, this marriage is anything but convenient. And with every passing day, and every sleepless night, the terms they agreed to are less and less important.

Still, it's going to take a push from Nimway magic to make them finally realize that love is the greatest enchantment of all.