Regency England is imbued with magic: families have different talents including glamour, persuasion, and weather magics. The Newington family has weather magic, and the daughter of the house, Truthful Newington, has a touch of animal talent and some local weather magic. The Newington family also has an old family relic: the Newington Emerald, which has a magic all its own.
Lady Truthful is to inherit the family jewel when she comes of age, but during a glimpse on her eighteenth birthday the jewel is stolen. Admiral Newington, Truthful's father, blames her cousins the Newington-Lacys. The three young men promise their beloved cousin Newt that they will find a replacement for the pretty bauble abroad. Truthful appreciates their aid, but makes plans of her own. She hastens a planned journey to London where her great-aunt Lady Badgery is ready to introduce her to Society.
Newt's great-aunt is eccentric and an excellent sorceress. Lady Badgery helps her niece become a distant French male cousin in order to hunt for the Emerald in the city. Henri, as she becomes, searches for the jewel with no success. When Truthful meets a mysterious Major Hartnett the investigation begins to produce results.
With the Major's assistance and Lady Badgery's connections Newt discovers a larger plot at hand, one the government becomes deeply involved in Newt's charade is compromised in a brief kidnapping an her confounding feelings for the Major begin to cause problems as the chase for her Emerald comes to a close.
Action, adventure, magic, and some brief romance make Newt's Emerald a modern take on Regency fiction and will appeal to readers of all ages.
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