Reading Adventures of a Curious Kat

I don’t read much fantasy, but my massive reading slump lately all but demanded I read something different. A historical fantasy with a touch of romance between a human and a Faerie lord? Sure. Why not? I have no regrets. This story took me to a post-WWII English countryside where Faeries once lived alongside humans.  One remnant of their existence is Thistlemarsh, a grand Faerie-blessed estate that once belonged to the Faerie King until the Dewhurst family tricked him out of its possession. “Mouse” Dunne grew up at Thistlemarsh under the care of her cold uncle, Lord Dewhurst. Her best friends were his son Bertie and her brother Roger, who also lived there, but Mouse is now grieving Bertie’s loss in the war and struggling to care for her hospitalized brother Roger. To further her difficulties, she’s just inherited Thistlemarsh under strict rules in her uncle’s will that she restore the entire estate in the course of one month or marry, neither of which are realistic options. Her fa...