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Charlotte E. English

Sometimes love waits a world away, and happiness must be fought for.

In the year 1811, impassable barriers separate the world of carriages, battles and bonnets from the world of witches, goblins and fae.

Until the Solstice comes. Then the walls fall, and anyone may pass out of England and into Aylfenhame…

Three courageous heroines will take that step. Sophy Landon, impoverished and alone; Isabel Ellerby, trapped by the prospect of an unwelcome marriage; and Bessie Bell, a mistreated housemaid.

But courage brings its own rewards. Curses, betrayals and a dark history may wait in the realm of the fae, but so do adventure, and magic, and dreams.

And for those with heart enough, true love.

These are stories of escape, of freedom, of joy snatched from the jaws of despair. They're stories of the road to happiness, winding though it may be. Of a brightness in the sky on the darkest of days, and above all: of love, and its power to change everything.

This compendium contains three blissful novels of love, magic and adventure: Miss Landon and Aubranael, Miss Ellerby and the Ferryman, and Bessie Bell and the Goblin King.

Frouse Books

Tales of Aylfenhame

The Tales of Aylfenhame Compendium: Books 1-3

What if you met the love of your life - in a different world?

In a quiet English town in 1811, there lives a clergyman’s daughter. Kind-hearted but impoverished, lively but plain, Miss Sophy Landon faces a future with few prospects.

In the neighbouring realm of Aylfenhame, there lives Aubranael. Disfigured among the beauteous fae, his ruined face condemns him to a life lived alone.

Their meeting changes everything.

For Sophy will cross the border, and find a glimmer of a future beyond. Might there be a life, and a love, for her in the realm of the fae?

For Aubranael, a chance encounter with Miss Landon turns his world upside down. Armed with the temporary gift of beauty, can he hope to win her heart?

Pride and Prejudice meets Beauty and the Beast in this heart-warming tale of love, hope and magic.

Miss Landon and Aubranael

‘Tis best not to get yerself entangled wi’ the faerie realm, if ye can help it. Ye’ll not come back the same.’

It’s 1812, and Isabel Ellerby, of Ferndeane, has come of age. Which means: marriage, and soon, and her parents have the perfect husband picked out for her. If the prospect of wedded bliss to a stranger should cause her heart to sink into her boots, what of it? She knows her duty.

But when the Faerie Rade sweeps into town, even the best-laid plans have a way of going awry. Terribly, splendidly awry. For when Isabel’s path crosses with that of the doomed Ferryman of Aylfenhame, duty may just go sailing straight out of the window.

There’s magic afoot, and plenty. The enigmatic Ferryman labours under an ancient curse, and it’s high time somebody broke it. As a hereditary witch — however unsuspected — could Isabel be the one to do it? It’ll take heart, wits and courage — resources she’s got in spades. 

Can a properly brought-up young lady throw caution to the winds, and follow her heart?

From the author of Faerie Fruit and Modern Magick, fantasy of manners meets Regency love story in this dreamy fairy tale.

Miss Ellerby and the Ferryman

‘I may not be blessed wi’ magic, but I do like to keep things nice and tidy. ’

Deep in the Lincolnshire Wolds in the year 1812, Bessie Bell slaves away as a housemaid for a merciless employer. Being smart of mouth and a dab hand with a bucket, she makes short work of an assailant — only to be thrown out into the drenching fog of a cold October night.

That’s when things turn… strange.

Swept away into a wild adventure, stout-hearted Bessie’s fazed by nothing. Not by destitution, even with the winter coming on. Not by mysterious gentleman wandering the night, even if Mr. Green does seem to be out of his wits.

Not even by ghostly horses with firelit eyes, no matter that the thing’s nightmare incarnate.

Except that this goblin horse is a monarch’s own steed, and his royal master’s never far behind him…

Can an ordinary human girl hold her own against the Goblin King himself?

From the author of The Wonder Tales comes a delicious tale of love, magic and fairytale adventure.

Bessie Bell and the Goblin King

‘Twas Winter Solstice – very almost Christmas – when some strange events came to pass…’

Lincoln, 1812. Working his fingers to the bone in his drunken father’s pastry shop, Phineas Drake can only dream of a better life. And dream he does, for naught else awaits this baker’s boy but a life of drudgery, and want.

But things are about to change, and forever. Delivering plum-cakes in the dark of a winter’s dawn, he sees a mysterious lady darting through the snow — alone, and in trouble. She is no dream; what can he do but follow?

She’s a vision out of a fairytale: My Lady Silver, beautiful, enigmatic – and angry. Grieving for a betrayed sister, on the trail of a traitor, Ilsevel will travel the length and breadth of England to set things right.

Caught up in the chaos of Ilsevel’s quest, Phineas is far out of his depth — or is he? For the baker’s boy is clever, and fiercely loyal. Already a force to be reckoned with, My Lady Silver’s nigh-on unstoppable with Phineas at her side. And she’ll need to be, for her quest will take her deep into the lawless depths of the Hollow Hills... 

A dreamy Regency fantasy from the author of Faerie Fruit and Wyrde and Wayward, Mr. Drake and My Lady Silver is a tale of light in the darkness, hope in the face of despair, and love against all the odds.