The Lady and the Wish

Gillian’s heart is set on marrying a prince.

Lady Gillian Montmorency is determined to win shy Prince Fidelio’s heart, but her plans are crashing around her ears. First, her prince’s older cousin with a beard like a bird’s nest proposes to her. Then, as if that isn’t horror enough, intimidating Prince Max insists she will be his next trophy. Worst of all, her parents reveal a financial scandal.
To pay off her father’s debt, Gillian must agree to work one year as companion to an old lady at some remote and ramshackle villa. Fine. She’ll go. But she doesn’t have to like it.
Something strange is going on at Lady Beneventi’s villa. Ghostly people appear, doors vanish, statues come to life . . . and the old lady herself despises Gillian. With the help of a handsome but hostile construction worker, can Gillian solve the mystery of the wishes and return to her proper place in high society? Can she finally snare a prince to marry? Or might love play a part in changing her plans?

The Lady and the Wish is a humorous and romantic reimagining of King Thrushbeard, a Grimm’s fairy tale.