Lord Garrington's Vessel: Duty & Magic: MM Modern Day Regency
By S. Rodman
I'm supposed to sell my fake brother, not fall for him. Xander.
My intention was to deal with my stepmother's inconvenient bastard now that he's turned twenty-one. Pay him off, make him disappear.
Instead, I found a golden-haired dancer who moves like sin and looks at me with defiant eyes that dare me to break him.
Now he's living in my ancestral home, pretending to be my brother while I arrange his marriage to the highest bidder. A perfectly calculated business transaction.
So why d...
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I'm supposed to sell my fake brother, not fall for him. Xander.
My intention was to deal with my stepmother's inconvenient bastard now that he's turned twenty-one. Pay him off, make him disappear.
Instead, I found a golden-haired dancer who moves like sin and looks at me with defiant eyes that dare me to break him.
Now he's living in my ancestral home, pretending to be my brother while I arrange his marriage to the highest bidder. A perfectly calculated business transaction.
So why do I find myself lurking in doorways, watching him dance? Why does his magic call to mine like a siren song I can't resist?
Fen.
Lord Xander Garrington is tall, dark, and absolutely terrifying. All brooding glares and sharp commands.
I thought he was my older brother. The man I had never met because I'd grown up all alone in boarding schools.
Turns out we share no blood at all. I'm just his stepmother's dirty little secret, and now I'm forced to play family for appearance’s sake while he treats me like a pretty ornament to be displayed and sold.
I should hate him. I should fear him.
Instead, every time he looks at me, my skin burns. Every time he's near, something wild and desperate awakens inside me.
He tells me I have magic, power that I need to give to a mage. A mage like him.
So he's arranging my marriage to a stranger. A mage who will take my body to take my magic.
He is selling me to the highest bidder when the only thing I want to do is dance.
But late at night, when the ancient manor creaks around us, I wonder what would happen if I danced just for him...
My fake brother.
Lord Garrington’s Vessel is the first book in the Duty & Magic series.
Set in our 21st century, where the British nobility is a secret society of magic, mages and vessels.
There are strict rules and customs, and no freedom at all.
A vessel is a person who grows and absorbs magic within them, but cannot wield it.
Tradition dictates that they are given to a mage. A mage who will take their body to take their magic.
An arrangement of duty.
Love and romance are not supposed to bloom.
Each book in this series follows a different mage and vessel couple. Books can be read in any order or enjoyed as standalones. Happy ever after is always guaranteed.
*** Fully revised in December 2025 & now in 1st person, present tense. (I walk into the room instead of Xander walked into the room.) ***
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