The Magpie Lord Audiobook !new! Jun 2026

The Magpie Lord is the first book in the A Charm of Magpies series. Set in Victorian England, the story follows Lucien Vane, the exiled Lord Crane, who returns to England to find his family under a mysterious and deadly curse. Desperate for help, he turns to Stephen Day, a powerful but impoverished practitioner of magic. As they work together to uncover the source of the curse, an intense and unexpected romance blossoms between the two men.

Family secrets, redemption, magical warfare, and enemies-to-lovers the magpie lord audiobook

– it is unabridged . The running time (~7.5 hrs) matches the full ebook/print length. The Magpie Lord is the first book in

From the sinister, whispering villains to the working-class Cockney accents of London’s streets, Collins transitions between accents and class dialects effortlessly. This linguistic precision grounds the fantasy elements in the rigid social reality of the Victorian era. As they work together to uncover the source

The auditory format enhances the gothic, eerie ambiance of the Vane ancestral home, Bloodwyche. The descriptions of skittering shadows, cursed objects, and hidden rooms feel more immediate and unsettling when spoken aloud.

No – only Cornell Collins version exists in English.

Before we dive into the audio details, let's set the scene. "The Magpie Lord" is the first book in the "A Charm of Magpies" series, a masterful blend of dark fantasy, M/M romance, mystery, and historical fiction set in a version of Victorian England where magic is real but hidden.