Captivating the Countess

Can a ghost help a marquess to save his father and captivate a countess? A spinster countess with a penniless estate Lady Isobel Malcolm Ross faints when startled allowing spirits to enter her head. Undeterred by her impairment Bell learns of a position in a quiet ducal household where she might earn her way.Jasper Winchester Marquess of Rainford comes from a long line of healers but hes unable to cure his own father. The dukes dying request is that Rainford marry to protect the family fortune. The marquess has dutifully acquired a suitable candidate but Bells arrival unleashes the ghost of Rains grandmother who frightens his fiancée into fleeing.Much as Rain would like to toss the haunted countess into the snow only Bell can calm the furious ghost hush his heirs opera singers and manage his unruly sisters. Soon his family insists that Rain marry Bell before all their fortunes are lost. Except Bell wants no part of this tumultuous household where slamming doors startle her into falling down staircases. But how can she abandon the eccentric family-and distraught marquess-who accepts her foibles?The ghosts demands for Bell to help Rain save the duke result in mayhem and catastrophe. Now the two must find a way to heal each other-before the duke is gone the familys future is lost and any hope of love vanishes. Lesson in Enchantment: . . .transports readers to Victorian-era Scotland with the appealing . . . fantasy romance Publishers WeeklyThe School of Magic series in order: Lessons in EnchantmentA Bewitching GovernessAn Illusion of LoveThe Librarians SpellEntrancing the EarlCaptivating the Countess