Product Description Book two in the Magnificent Devices steampunk series! Escaped lunatics, lost children, vengeful lords, and love. Really, the situation is becoming quite impossible. Lady Claire Trevelyan, left alone after the Arabian Bubble financial disaster claims home and family, now leads the cleverest group of gamblers and reformed cutpurses in the London underworld. She discovers that the lightning rifle she took from a rival gang contains a unique source of energy--and its inventor has been locked up in Bedlam by powerful men in order to suppress its very existence. In order for Lady Claire to understand it, she must consult with the mad scientist ... even if it means breaking her out of the most frightening institution in London. Then, in a moment of madness, she becomes engaged to Lord James Selwyn, who knows nothing of her double life. He expects her to be decorative and the perfect hostess to the rich investors interested in his and Andrew Malvern's Kinetick Carbonator. But how can the engagement survive his insistence on withholding the patent for her work? And how can Andrew stand by and watch Claire marry someone she does not love? "This is one of those books that gets it right. Through dialogue, through actions, through carefully described settings, through attitudes and appropriate, non-overdone references, we have a great sense of time and place that’s really immersive and fun." —Fangs for the Fantasy: The latest in urban fantasy from a social justice perspective Review "This is one of those books that gets it right. Through dialogue, through actions, through carefully described settings, through attitudes and appropriate, non-overdone references, we have a great sense of time and place that's really immersive and fun." --Fangs for the Fantasy: The latest in urban fantasy from a social justice perspective About the Author Shelley Adina is the author of 24 novels published by Harlequin, Warner, and Hachette, and over a dozen more published by Moonshell Books, Inc., her own independent press. She writes steampunk and contemporary romance as Shelley Adina; as Adina Senft, writes Amish women's fiction; and as Charlotte Henry, writes classic Regency romance. She holds an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Creative Writing at Lancaster University in the UK. She won RWA's RITA Award® in 2005, and was a finalist in 2006. When she's not writing, Shelley is usually quilting, sewing historical costumes, or enjoying the garden with her flock of rescued chickens.
Her Own Devices: A steampunk adventure novel (Magnificent Devices)
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Author: Adina, Shelley
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9781939087096
Details:
Author: Adina, Shelley
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 266
Release Date: 12-10-2015
EAN: 9781939087096
Package Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
Languages: English
