Magic by Daylight — Lynn Bailey

He's the only one who can put an end to the strife that's destroying the faery kingdom of May Mell. But his mission involves a mortal woman with a yearning heart--and a newly awakened passion will inspire him to risk his life for love...

Beautiful, rich, and regal, Clarice Stavely has been courted by many handsome suitors, but she's never met a man who intrigues her...until Dominic Knight arrives in town, claiming to be a historian with a purely professional interest in Iron Age relics. But his hidden motives are as dark as his fierce, forbidding features...

Clarice opens her home and her heart to Dominic, but her curious young nephew soon discovers their guest's true mission. Now, desperate and frightened, Clarice embarks on a perilous journey through the faery world, where she encounters her scheming, power-hungry mother--and must make a devastating choice in order to free her heart...