Book 1 - Garden of Shadows
Garden of Shadows (prequel to Garden of Light) — Danger lurks for Julia
Marsden, the daughter of the late vicar of St. Lodore's Church in the quiet village
of Borrowdale.
Julia doesn't believe in faeries or magic or dreams coming true, but odd
things have been happening at the vicarage lately that cannot be
explained. Her orphaned cousin Charlie, who has been crippled by an
illness, believes in mythical creatures and claims that faeries now
inhabit the vicarage's bluebell garden. The boy also claims the faerie
king, Cadeyrn, has promised to make him a prince in his kingdom and
teach him to walk again if Charlie will cross into the Fae realm.
As the
faerie king's influence on the boy grows stronger, another threat
emerges. The boy's uncle, Douglas Hawke, the Earl of Eastbourne, has
come to claim Charlie and wrench him from Julia's guardianship. Julia is
determined to fight both the faerie king and the earl, but as she and
the boy begin to fall under the spell of King Cadeyrn, Julia realizes
that only her love for Douglas can save them.
Is Douglas capable of loving her, even at the cost of his own life?