House Of Many Ways

Charmain Baker is a young girl must care for her Great-Uncle while elves treat him for his illness. Despite her family’s background in magic, Charmain's mother (who does not possess magic skills) sheltered Charmain from the arts her whole life. Now she is caring for her relative; dealing with a special, stray dog and a slow wizard apprentice; and trying to learn the regular household duties to get along. On top of that, she helps out at the Royal Library and gets tangled in web involving the magical royal family. What seemed to be a simple task of house-sitting turns out to be far more complex than Charmain thought.

Lots of adventure and realistic characters make this a great story to read alone and share with friends.

There were times when the author had too many details. They took a lot of time to read and sort out, and they need to be read (or the next event won't make sense), but it was tedious.