Earl and Fairy

Lydia Carlton is a fairy doctor who can see and communicate with fairies. When she embarks on a journey to visit her father in London, she's kidnapped by a young man named Edgar Ashenbert who introduces himself as an earl and requests Lydia's aid in searching for a treasured sword that will prove his status. Although she finds his story dubious, Lydia agrees to work with him-if only because he's her first real client. Meanwhile, rumors of a heinous burglary abound, and the culprit seems to bear an uncanny resemblance to Edgar...

The tabloids are full of rumors of scandals surrounding Edgar, but Lydia is insistent that she doesn't care. Their engagement was nothing more than a temporary measure to get out of her agreement to forsake the human world for that of the fairies, after all, and to leave behind the wild and unpredictable kelpie. Edgar, however, seems to be taking it much more seriously-as seriously as a man like him can, anyway. But with the arrival of the latest story, in which he has allegedly found himself a lover in the form of a ghost, things start to unfold in a very unexpected way.

Lydia Carlton is a girl who can see and talk to fairies. After being hired by Lord Edgar Ashenbert as a fairy doctor, she found herself engaged to him. Though it was supposed to be a measure to protect them against some persistent fairies, Edgar is taking it far more seriously than that. This volume comprises a number of short stories from the early days of Lydia's employment. There are also tales set before the pair met, including Lydia's first encounter with Kelpie and her first experience with heartbreak.

Lord Edgar Ashenbert is more eager than ever to marry his fairy doctor, Lydia Carlton. Having developed a deeper understanding of him, Lydia has found herself unable to spurn him the way she did before. Meanwhile, London has been plagued by a series of gruesome murders that seem to be linked to Edgars mortal enemy: the Prince. For the sake of Lydias safety, the earl insists that she come to stay with him at his estate. And thus the two suddenly end up living under the same roof...

Edgar has entrusted Lydia to Kelpie in order to protect her from the Prince. Although she promised to marry Edgar just before they parted, the water horses magic has robbed her of her memories of him. Meanwhile, a mysterious disease spreads through Londons East End. It is said that the only way to survive it is to board the Ark, a mysterious vessel moored near London Bridge. Edgar cannot help but suspect the Princes involvement...

Lord Edgar Ashenbert and his fairy doctor, Lydia Carlton, are officially engaged at last. While Edgar is eager for them to be wed as soon as possible, Lydia is overwhelmed by the preparation required for marrying into nobility. Wishing to debut without fear, she swallows her anxieties and agrees to stay with a countess famed for teaching young women how to behave in upper-class society. However, when she gets there, she finds herself inexplicably working as a maid. Meanwhile, Edgar is visited by an unfamiliar young lady who claims that she is his fiancée-and it seems she won't take no for an answer!