If you loved how Lucien and Stephen spark from adversaries to allies while untangling deadly hexes, A Marvellous Light offers that same alchemy. Bureaucrat Robin Blyth is abruptly thrust into Britain’s hidden magical world and must partner with the exacting magician Edwin Courcey to survive a vicious curse and uncover who set it. The witty back-and-forth, the gradual trust, and the way danger pushes the romance forward will feel wonderfully familiar after the curse-breaking and banter in The Magpie Lord.

If the blood sorcery, house-hauntings, and lethal hexes that menace Lucien appealed to you, Widdershins plunges even deeper into dangerous magic. Bookish linguist Percival Whyborne and ex–Pinkerton Griffin Flaherty investigate a string of deaths tied to eldritch cults and blasphemous texts. The mix of investigation, escalating supernatural peril, and a romance forged in the thick of dark rites echoes Stephen Day’s perilous spellwork and the deadly curses stalking The Magpie Lord.

If you enjoyed the sharp, irreverent exchanges between Stephen and Lucien as much as the magic, Sorcerer to the Crown delivers infectious charm. Reluctant leader Zacharias Wythe and the dazzlingly forthright Prunella Gentleman trade barbs while battling magical shortages, hostile institutions, and dangerous spells. The brisk humor, social satire, and magical mishaps will scratch the same itch as the quips and verbal fencing that brighten the grim curses of The Magpie Lord.

If the grounded, Victorian-set sorcery in The Magpie Lord hooked you—real streets, real salons, secret magic—Clarke’s novel offers a grand, richly textured take. Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell reintroduce practical magic to England, with contracts, grim bargains, and otherworldly beings intruding on everyday life. The sense that dangerous thaumaturgy lurks just behind the veneer of polite society mirrors the clandestine spells, curses, and back-room dealings that ensnare Stephen and Lucien.

If you liked how The Magpie Lord keeps the focus tight—two men, a haunted estate, and the secrets that bind them—this novella offers that same intimate intensity. Quiet, ancient-tinged magic threads through a single forest where reclusive Tobias meets curious folklorist Henry. Their gentle, uneasy bond develops amid local legends and personal hauntings, echoing the close-quarters tension, private revelations, and emotionally rich stakes of Stephen and Lucien’s country-house investigations.