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Family affairs don�t stop cousins Cecelia and Kate from their magical duties in Regency England��A thoroughly enchanting confection� (Kirkus Reviews). It�s been a decade since Kate and Cecelia foiled Napoleon�s plot to reclaim the French crown. The cousins now have estates, children, and a place at the height of wizarding society. It is 1828, and though magic remains at the heart of the British Empire, a new power has begun to make itself felt across England: the steam engine. As iron tracks crisscross the countryside, the shaking of the locomotives begins to disrupt the workings of English magic, threatening the very foundations of the Empire. A foreign wizard on a diplomatic mission to England vanishes, and the Prime Minister sends Cecelia�s husband to investigate. In order to accompany her husband to the north of England, Cecelia leaves her children in Kate�s care. As Cecelia and James fight for the future of magic, Kate is left with a no less daunting problem: how to care for a gaggle of disobedient, spell-casting tots. This ebook features illustrated biographies of Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the authors� personal collections.