For some reason I’ve been nervous about saying much about The Magic of Pemberley, the second book of my Fitzwilliam Darcy, Mage trilogy. Maybe it’s because I’ve heard so many authors say that the second book of a trilogy is the hardest and takes the longest. I got around some of that by not releasing the first book, Spellbound at Pemberley, until I had almost half of Book 2 done. I wanted to be sure I could finish it for readers in a timely manner!

Now The Magic of Pemberley is done, with rave reviews from my beta readers, and I’m so excited about it! So why don’t I just release it this minute? The devil is in the details here – writing the blurb and back matter, formatting the paperback and cover, waiting on one final copyedit, and finalizing the title of Book 3. And I’ll be out of the country for the first three weeks of September, which means that fixing any potential launch problems would be exponentially more difficult. So I’m playing it safe and waiting till I get home.

But you can pre-order it here! And I’ll be starting to post excerpts soon.

What can I tell you about The Magic of Pemberley? It starts immediately after Spellbound at Pemberley, as Darcy and Elizabeth learn more about the dragons of England. Then Darcy must go on his mission to France, where he discovers a crucial secret. Bad news: he can’t get back to England with the information. Good news: Elizabeth and Cerridwen are off to the rescue! This book is loaded with surprises, twists, and characters you love. I can’t wait to hear what you think of it!

And I’m hard at work writing Book 3. I’m already 20K words into it – that’s almost a quarter of a book! – and I’m really excited about finally bringing all the pieces in the story back together again in one place. For now, the working title is The Guardians of Pemberley.

I hope you’ll join me on this magical journey!