The Curse of Lord Stanstead

Written by Mia Marlowe

Narrated by Zara Hampton-Brown

When Garrett goes to gather a fire mage named Cassandra, he never anticipated that he would be so attracted to her. But he has a dark side, a dark side that could doom her.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media
• Release date: Jan 7, 2020
• ISBN: 9781666557640

Mia Marlowe

Mia Marlowe's work has been featured in PEOPLE magazine and one of her books is on display at the Museum of London Docklands next to Johnny Depp memorabilia! An award-winning author, Mia writes historical romance for Kensington and Sourcebooks and is a member of RockIt*Reads, a group of NY published authors who also self-publish select titles. Mia loves to connect with readers and other writers. Find her at her website, Twitter & Facebook!

Reviews for The Curse of Lord Stanstead

[whiskeyinthejar-1 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

1.5 stars

Very interesting concepts and building blocks for a historical paranormal story but the emotional glue was missing. Characters were kind of planted but not given fertile enough soil to grow roots. The insta-love between our leads didn't allow for any emotional connection to be felt and when they say their "I love yous" it felt completely out of left field.
The last 10% was engaging and there was an anti-hero developed that has me intrigued for his story but I'm afraid, that like with this one, the idea will be better than the execution.

[waclements7 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is an enjoyable and fun read. If you like Regency Paranormal with steamy sex. LOL

[bookworm2bookworm · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I’m not a huge fan of the paranormal stories, but I am a historical romance fan, and since I am Mia Marlowe fan, I thought to give it a try, especially because this was a 230 page read, so not a novella but not 350 page full length book either.

This is a first story in a new series Order of the M.U.S.E. [Metaphysical Union of Sensory Extraordinaires] which is a group of people tasked to protecting a royal family by using their extraordinary paranormal skills.

In the opening story we meet Cassandra Darkin who just came into her full power as a fire mage. Not understanding much about it she is confronted by Gareth Sterling who’s been sent to bring her to the MUSE and help her deal with her newfound ability. Since Gareth’s ability is to influence the thoughts of others, he is hoping to use those in order to recruit her to the MUSE and add her to their numbers.

I liked the setting of this story and the pace as much as I liked the characters in it, from the main leads to their supporting cast.

I also think that for a short book, this packed a lot of intrigue, action and romance. For all of us X-Men fans it’s a must read and for a price of $1.99, this is a no brainer! You’ll have to get it because this is just a fun read through and through!

Melanie for b2b

Complimentary copy provided by the publisher