<p>I'm Maeve Crawford, and I always had a plan: flee my podunk hometown, go to MIT, get into the space program, be the first woman on Mars, adopt a cat (not necessarily in this order).</p><p><br></p><p>Then fairies killed my parents and shot the whole plan to hell.</p><p><br></p><p>Now, I've inherited a real, honest-to-goodness English castle - complete with turrets, ramparts, and a portal to the fae realm at the bottom of the garden. Oh, and four gorgeous male tenants, who I'm definitely not falling in love with.</p><p><br></p><p>Not at all.</p><p><br></p><p>It would be crazy to fall for four guys at once, even though they're gorgeous, amazing, wonderful, and kind.</p><p><br></p><p>But not as crazy as discovering I'm a witch. A week ago, I didn't even believe magic existed, and now I'm up to my ears in spells, prophetic dreams, and rogue fae.</p><p><br></p><p>I can't science my way out of this mess.</p><p><br></p><p>Forget NASA, it's going to take all my smarts just to survive Briarwood Castle.</p><p><br></p><p>The Castle of Earth and Embers is the first in a spicy fantasy romance by USA Today bestselling author, Steffanie Holmes. This full-length book glitters with love, heartache, hope, grief, dark magic, fairy trickery, steamy scenes, British slang, meat pies, second chances, and the healing powers of a good cup of tea.</p>