The Night Garden (Fairytales of the Lochs) by Nicole Northwood

The Night Garden (Fairytales of the Lochs) by Nicole NorthwoodEllie Blue Callaghan doesnt want to give up her wild ways. Now that shes nineteen, shell be sent to Blossom Preparatory Academy to train to be a proper sorceress, adult, and wife for Colonel Gallagher. Unfortunately, Ellie loves the wind swept countryside of Loch Grraidh, her untamed and turbulent magic, and the hallucinogenic experience of a fantastical drug called Allure, and she cant imagine giving them up for a life that would most definitely be

even as he fears revealing their secrets

Emma soon discovers that the farm isn’t exactly what it seems

and asks about her day

Gretchen has one month to convince Charlie he can’t sell the property

He falls first

no matter how much Declan tempts me

He’s had a rough year and just wants to be left alone in his too-empty apartment

Teddy Andersen doesn’t have a plan

As lines blur and loyalties shift

I’ll prove to her that we can have it all

"Pleasingly subversive

an assassin is summoned to the castle