{"product_id":"the-lord-of-stariel-the-stariel-quartet-1","title":"The Lord of Stariel | Hardback","description":"\u003ch2\u003eReleases 19 November 2026\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Lord is dead. His grand estate is sentient. And enemy Fae are knocking at the door.\u003cbr\u003e‘A sweet and cosy romance. It made me want a faeland of my very own!’\u003cbr\u003eAliette de Bodard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sentient estate faces a succession crisis. But who will become its new Lord?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEveryone knows who the magical estate will choose for its next ruler. Or do they? Will it be the Lord’s eldest son, whom he despised? His favourite nephew, with the strongest magical land-sense? Or his scandalous daughter, who ran away from home years ago to study illusion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHetta knows it won’t be her, and she’s glad of it. Returning home for her father’s funeral, all Hetta must do is survive the inevitable family drama – and avoid entanglements with irritatingly attractive locals – until the Choosing. Then she can leave.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut whoever the Stariel estate chooses will have bigger problems than eccentric relatives. Winged, beautifully deadly problems. For the first time in centuries, the fae are returning to the Mortal Realm, and only the Lord of Stariel can keep the estate safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Lord of Stariel is the first book in the Stariel quartet, a romantic cozy fantasy series about fae, magical estates and complicated families, for fans of Sarah Beth Durst and Rebecca Thorne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders have fallen for The Lord of Stariel:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘I absolutely, unequivocally loved this book . . . and there's nothing I love more than dry humour’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Downton Abbey with faes . . . believable, likeable characters that defy tropes’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘I was captivated within the first few pages . . . I couldn’t put the book down’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Oh man, it was great . . . Highly recommended and I can't wait to dive into book two!’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A writing style that is as clean and fresh as a mountain lake . . . have now bought all four books and they will be on permanent rotation’\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Enchanted Spine","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":54711784538435,"sku":"9781037409547","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0882\/5490\/6691\/files\/9781037409547.jpg?v=1785672332","url":"https:\/\/theenchantedspine.com\/products\/the-lord-of-stariel-the-stariel-quartet-1","provider":"The Enchanted Spine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}