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The Cecelia and Kate Novels by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer, are a collection of three books consisting of: Sorcery and Cecilia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot, book 2 is The Grand Tour, or, The Purloined Coronation Regalia, and book 3 is The Mislaid Magician, or, Ten Years After.

These are Regency period books that are a lot of fun. Cecelia and Kate are cousins, and are supposed to go to The Season, but one of them gets into trouble and gets grounded, and is forced to stay at her father's in the country. The other has to attend all of those parties and teas, etc. The story is told as a series of letters between the two girls, each chapter a letter between the two authors, the form known as epistolatory fiction.

This is cool stuff!

The first book revolves around a wizard (magic is real and accepted in this England) losing his focus, a magic chocolate pot) and both girls becoming involved in it. The second has the girls married and on their honeymoon, and shenanigans ensue on The Continent when evil-doers attempt a return of the older gods. In this case, the letters become diary entries. The third book sees the disappearance of a European wizard who was looking into an oddity of the British railroads, returning to the letters format, but adding in letters from the two husbands, who are close friends beginning even before the first book when they served with the PM-to-be Wellington.

There's just the three books, though there's also a short story.

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