Set in an alternate reality Victorian England where magic
is commonplace, the story opens with our heroine, Lady
Jasmina Karlyle, in a quandary when she discovers her
mother has once again "borrowed" a piece of valuable
jewelry from an acquaintance. Jasmina must return the
brooch to its rightful owner without anyone being the wiser
and hopefully before it's missed. With the help of her
accomplice, a maiden aunt, Jasmina casts a spell designed
to create a twin. The twin is a simple illusion spell, not
flesh and blood, but real enough to fool the household into
thinking Jaz is home in bed and not out breaking and
entering. What Jaz has no way of knowing is that the ugly
little brooch is one of the fabled Relics of Merlin, all
gems of great power. Instead of creating a temporary twin,
one that will be vanished when Jasmina returns home, the
spell creates a flesh and blood doppelganger.
Jasmina's doppelganger sets out on her own. Armed with
Jaz's face, clothes and title, she gains entrance to a
grand ball where she promptly creates a scandal by leaving
with a man of questionable character. The man, Sterling
Thorn, is a baronet; a were-creature in Kennedy's universe
who literally gallops off into the night with his prize, a
prize he and everyone else believes is Lady Jasmina.
When Jaz discovers what's happened, she knows she must
track down her twin and vanquish her. This proves to be
much easier said than done. Her first step is to steal back
the brooch that she's already returned to its rightful
owner. No, her first step is to rid herself of the pesky
gnome that's been dogging her footsteps since this whole
sorry business began. Decidedly no, her first order of
business is to put Sterling Thorn in his proper place once
and for all. The cheeky baronet has been looking at Jaz in
a way that suggests he knows more about her than is
entirely proper. The thing of it is, Jaz feels the same way
but is determined not to show it. However, Sterling proves
himself more elusive than her twin, more annoying than the
gnome and more stubborn than just about anyone she's ever
met, maybe even including herself.
The two reluctantly pool their talents and put their minds
to the task ahead of them. While their minds may be leading
the expedition, their hearts have also climbed aboard for
the journey. Sterling is certain he's in love with at least
one of the Jasminas, but which one? Jaz is equally as
certain that she's the original and her copy has no place
in her world or Sterling's heart.
DOUBLE ENCHANTMENT, like its predecessor ENCHANTING THE
LADY is well...enchanting. A feel-good fairy tale set in a
spellbinding world where magic is the order of the day and
encountering a gnome while on a walk in the park would be
no more unusual than you or I seeing a squirrel. A place
where good men come in many forms and good women are more
than a match for anything the universe has to throw at
them. I loved both these books and am looking forward to
the next in the series. Kennedy's earlier book, BENEATH THE
THIRTEEN MOONS (released by Five Star in 12/03), is sadly
out of print and prices on the secondary market are high
right now. Here's hoping that "Moons" will make it back
into print sometime soon.
Lady Jasmina was in a world of trouble. A simple spell had
gone disastrously haywire and now there was a woman running
around London who looked exactly like her - a woman with no
sense of propriety whatsoever. All Society was whispering,
and a baronet she'd never met was suddenly acting like he
knew her...in a most intimate way. To find her double and
set things right, they'd have to work together - braving
the fog-shrouded streets, a mysterious group called the
Brotherhood, and a passion stronger than any magic.
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