Spittin’ grits

When Hettie Lynch inherits a dilapidated plantation, she also inherits a spiteful leprechaun who imprisons her in the house and demands she find his master's purloined treasure. Even if she succeeds, Hettie risks becoming the slave of the Faeries. Her only hope lies with the surly but delectable Irish professor who draws her in with one hand as he pushes her away with the other. Luck of the Irish...first his woman cheats, then Professor Declan Kelly gets fired for his papers on Faeries. Angry, Declan agrees to join his brother's search for supposed Fae artifacts in America. Instead he finds a pretty, innocent little redhead with an imaginary friend. Or so he thinks until he comes face-to-face with the arrogant Fae, Riordan. Now Declan must choose. Will he surrender the magic-laden treasure to protect what he has found with Hettie, or betray her to secure his own future?