A cosy paranormal romance featuring a grumpy vampire and sunshine human, a meddling book club, a compelling murder mystery

• •and endless cups of tea. n Lord Alaric Valerian has a problem. His mother is visiting his castle for the first time, but she doesn't know that Alaric has filled every room with centuries of his artistic projects. n n Desperate, he hires professional organiser Winnie Preston to help him tame the mess. Yet Alaric isn't prepared for bubbly, passionate Winnie to show up at his castle
• •she sets his fangs on edge, but the more he works with her, the more he wishes she could be his. n n To complicate things further, Alaric's mother arrives with a surprise in tow: a bride. Shocked and dismayed, Alaric convinces Winnie to pretend to be his fiancée to avoid the dreaded union. What could go wrong? For one thing, Winnie still doesn't know Alaric's a vampire, and for another, Winnie's meddling book club suspects Alaric of a mysterious murder in the village. n n Will their maybe-not-so-fake relationship survive once Winnie discovers the monster that lurks beneath his fangs?n