When Phoebe Caldicot loses her much-needed job as an instructress at a select Bath seminary, she knows exactly whom to blame. Sir Miles Saunderton, the elder brother of one of her pupils, is managing, infuriating and the last man she ever wants to see again. As she gazes into a candle flame, she wishes for security. Marriage seems her only option, but where can a penniless ex-schoolmistress find a suitable husband? The rippling water in a silver bowl stills, and Lady Xanthe Simms and her huge white cat Titus see the image of the desperate young lady. But desperation and wishes are what keep life busy and entertaining for the resourceful fairy godmother. With a melodic hum-and the fluttering to the floor of one of her gold-tipped wing feathers-Lady Xanthe sets forth to grant Phoebe the opportunity to make her wish come true. But opportunities are never certainties . . .

Regency readers were first introduced to Xanthe—an irrepressible fairy godmother and friend to young hearts—in THE CANDLELIGHT WISH. Now she's back to play matchmaker for another unlikely couple. All she needs to commence her spells is the ripple of water in a mirrored bowl and a clever white cat named Titus... When Xanthe glimpses careworn Major Aubrey Kelland's wish upon a glittering Christmas Star —- for a staid, capable wife to manage his dilapidated ancestral home and unruly young sisters —- she vows to assist him in finding such an estimable female. To this end, Lady Xanthe Simms hosts a house party with an array of eligible ladies. Although Aubrey's bewitched by Miss Desdemona Lynton, his military precision is offended by her scapegrace conduct and carefree mirth. Such a flighty chit could never set his household to rights! And Desdemona, though dazzled by this virile officer, despairs of sparking his long-lost joie de vivre. Only by turning the impetuous miss into a damsel in distress can Xanthe and Titus reconcile Aubrey's heroic nature with his disorderly desires —- and a love that's written in the stars.

Xanthe, the irrepressible fairy godmother who befriended young Regency hearts in THE CANDLELIGHT WISH and THE STARLIGHT WISH, smooths true love's rocky course once more. All she needs to commence her spells is the ripple of water in a mirrored bowl and her clever white cat, Titus... THE MOONLIGHT WISH One stormy night, Lady Edwina Langston—forfeits her inheritance by fleeing from an arranged marriage. She gazes at the moon and yearns to be her own mistress. High time for Xanthe to appear, and sweep her to Brighton's summer season—where, under Lady Xanthe Simms' twinkling eye, Eddie's skill at cards puts her in high profit. And when her spurned groom, the dashing Viscount Ashtead, aids her in her new career as a genteel gamestress, is he offering the love for which she longs—or plotting to gain her grandfather's fortune? How can he convince her of his deepening regard?