It was interesting in parts, slow in others. I enjoyed the dialogue mostly. This being my first steampunk book, it helped me visualize the setting. I also enjoyed all the various supernatural creatures. Phaeton Black and America Jones had a lovely relationship that began under the most unique (an...
Finally a romance novel where the heroine is described as eccentric it is a valid description. For her family as well. The setting was interesting as the story is set during the beginning of the industrial age in Victorian London. The hero is not of traditional peerage managing an estate or the ...
Exeter Chapter Twenty-three MIA COULD ONLY WAGER A GUESS, but she suspected Exeter ran a worst-case scenario over in his mind. A cloud of perplexed thoughts whirled behind those sensuous, hooded eyes. The Anglais Etienne had mentioned would likely be gentlemen of the ton, peers whom Exeter might ...
“Mr. Bruce seems like a pleasant young man.” Mrs. Gallagher smiled, wearing that nosy, curious look of hers. She smiled down on their housekeeper. “A good deal more than pleasant, Mrs. Gallagher. He was honored as the most brilliant student at university the year he gradua...
Dappled sunlight and blue sky wavered in the breeze. “Please do have your bathe, Detective Lewis.” Rafe shrugged off his shirt and stepped out of his trousers. “Come and join, Fan. Water babies—like when we were kids.” He made a ripple of small waves and a quiet splash as he stepped into the loch...
Jones Chapter Twelve AMERICA DIDN’T FEEL ANY DIFFERENT. And she certainly didn’t see anything different. In fact, as she looked around she felt a little silly. Even the oval sign that hung above the pub was the same. She wrinkled her brow and stepped closer. Strange, the lettering was muddled. “...
As worker bees piled into the elevator, I ended up standing next to Derek, who stared at me but didn’t say much. And things got uncomfortably tight, triggering some hyperventilation. At one time, Derek Moubin in such close proximity would have had a stimulating effect on me. It was as if my body...