Fae in the Gilded Age

The year is 1896, nearing the autumnal equinox, and Mason, the faery queen's ex-consort, has been hiding out in the human world for these past five months. Despite the requirement to hide his true self-namely his wings and pointed ears and the fact that he can harness magic-he has never felt so free. And so frustrated. Because he is currently sharing a home with Samantha. She is, as the humans say, the one who got away. And she wants nothing at all to do with him. He refuses to give up, and just as as he finally cracks the walls Samantha has built around her heart, the queen discovers his whereabouts. Now Mason must decide whether to return, thus saving his sister and her found family of exiled fae-or start a war with the queen of the Seelie. The choice is taken out of his hands when the queen kidnaps Samantha. His one true love. Looks like he's starting a war.

It is the winter of 1897, and the new queen of the Seelie has declared that the forgotten halflings residing in the human world should learn about their heritage, possibly even visit their homeland.Chauncy, a full-blooded faery who has never crossed through the veil to the human world, has been assigned the task of seeking out these halflings. But first, he is required to spend a season on Mackinac Island, in the state of Michigan, USA. He will live with a group of previously exiled fae who have resided there for nearly a decade, so they can teach him how to interact with humans.Just as he is ready to start his assignment, he comes across his first halfling. A gorgeous, spirited woman who has been fumbling through life thinking she was a freak, when, in reality, she is a powerful, magical faery.Sparks fly as Chauncy helps Adeline discover this about herself.But there's a problem.The human who raised her doesn't want to let her go. She's too valuable. And this human is willing to go to great lengths to keep her under their thumb.Including exposing the other faeries living on the island.Which could get them all hanged. Fae in the Gilded Age in reading order:The Faery & the Jewel ThiefThe Faery & the Runaway HeiressThe Faery & the Lady's MaidBonus Scene: The Faery & the SecretThe Faery & the HalflingThe Faery & the Discovery