A Most Improper Magick

"I was twelve years of age when I chopped off my hair, dressed as a boy, and set off to save my family from impending ruin. I made it almost to the end of my front garden . . ."

Magic may be the greatest scandal in Regency England. But that's not going to stop Kat Stephenson when there are highwaymen to foil, sinister aristocrats to defeat . . . and true loves to capture for her two older sisters. Stephanie Burgis grew up in America but now lives in Wales with her husband (fellow writer Patrick Samphire), their two young sons, and their extremely vocal tabby cat. In between those two points, she spent time playing in orchestras, studying music history in Vienna, and editing the website of an opera company in Leeds.

She writes fun fantasy adventures for kids and wildly romantic historical fantasy novels for adults.

Visit her website at www.stephanieburgis.com or on Twitter: @stephanieburgis. Prim and proper nineteenth-century England is definitely not the place for magic . . . First in a brilliant new series for girls aged 10+ Feisty, funny heroine that pre-teen girls will identify with An imaginative mix of fantasy, adventure and Regency England