Someone -- or something -- is causing magical blizzards at Fairleigh Hall. The estate is suffering, and the Earl has requested assistance. Constable Kit Thompson, of Bow Street’s Preternatural Division, isn’t especially thrilled to be sent out to the country. At least the assignment gets him away from fashionable London society and his own unwanted celebrity after successfully solving a notorious case. Of course, he’s now trapped at a country estate due to closed roads, snowstorms, and magic, but Kit’s always liked solving puzzles. He’s good at using empathic skills for investigations, and this is definitely a challenge. Besides, the Earl’s younger brother is an irritating and delicious temptation, all blue eyes and muscles and boundless enthusiastic optimism. Kit wants to either shake sense into him or kiss him senseless -- and can’t trust him, either, because if someone’s genuinely sabotaging the weather, everyone’s a suspect. Harry Arden, younger brother of the Earl of Fairleigh, has never met a Preternatural Division constable before, much less a famous and celebrated one. He wants to help. And he wants to make that attractive but cynical constable smile, at least once. But the estate hides a family secret, and Harry knows perfectly well Kit doesn’t trust him ... and for good reason. Still, Harry offers to do what he can to assist with the investigation, and if that means spending more time with Kit, that’s a bonus. When Harry and Kit end up caught by those magical storms, snowed in together at the old hunting lodge, they’ll have to trust each other with their secrets ... and their hearts.

Snowed In: Kit and Harry

He spotted Grayson the Loyal lingering at the doorway, too. The young butler was watching both Ned and Harry, but caught Kit’s glance and gave him a slight nod and head-tilt before vanishing. Kit pondered this for a while.


Ned apologized, rather wearily, for the early and housebound night. Kit explained that this was quite all right, he did not need entertainments and festivities, and in fact he should write up case notes so far for his official report to Sam later. Harry nodded, offered to come and help if Kit needed anything, and promised to otherwise to be back in the library. “And, weather permitting, we can have this sorted out tomorrow. We can certainly at least walk out there and see what we’re up against. And if we can get it to leave, then that’ll be that, and the weather will get back to normal.”


“I’d be thrilled if the two of you could manage it,” Edward said. “But be careful. You know how bad it’s been, out there.”


Chapter 15