Author: Cindy Spencer Pape
Publisher: Carina Press
ISBN: 1426899653
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 743
Book Description
Three steampunk romance favorites from award-winning author Cindy Spencer Pape in one convenient box set Cards & Caravans Belinda Danvers isn’t a witch. But that won’t stop them from burning her at the stake. Connor McKay knows there’s no way she can be guilty of murdering village children. But telling anyone what he thinks would mean revealing his own powers—something he can’t risk without revealing a plot that’s bigger than the two of them. Ashes & Alchemy Police inspector Sebastian Brown served Queen and country in India before returning to England to investigate supernatural crimes alongside the Order of the Round Table. But when Minerva Shaw lands on Sebastian’s doorstep, desperately seeking a doctor for her young daughter, it’s he who will need protecting—from emotions he’d thought buried long ago. Dragons & Dirigibles When airship engineer Melody McKay’s dirigible explodes and plunges her into the yard of a gothic manor, she suspects foul play. She resolves to crack the mystery while in the care of Victor Arrington, the stuffy-yet-disarming Earl of Blackwell. As they navigate a treachery so deep it threatens the lives of everyone in Black Heath, the earl becomes unexpectedly attached to his fiery houseguest, and Melody discovers a softness in her heart for him. But when the enemy strikes, there’s more at risk than just their future together.
Gaslight Chronicles Box Set 2
Author: Cindy Spencer Pape
Publisher: Carina Press
ISBN: 1426899653
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 743
Book Description
Three steampunk romance favorites from award-winning author Cindy Spencer Pape in one convenient box set Cards & Caravans Belinda Danvers isn’t a witch. But that won’t stop them from burning her at the stake. Connor McKay knows there’s no way she can be guilty of murdering village children. But telling anyone what he thinks would mean revealing his own powers—something he can’t risk without revealing a plot that’s bigger than the two of them. Ashes & Alchemy Police inspector Sebastian Brown served Queen and country in India before returning to England to investigate supernatural crimes alongside the Order of the Round Table. But when Minerva Shaw lands on Sebastian’s doorstep, desperately seeking a doctor for her young daughter, it’s he who will need protecting—from emotions he’d thought buried long ago. Dragons & Dirigibles When airship engineer Melody McKay’s dirigible explodes and plunges her into the yard of a gothic manor, she suspects foul play. She resolves to crack the mystery while in the care of Victor Arrington, the stuffy-yet-disarming Earl of Blackwell. As they navigate a treachery so deep it threatens the lives of everyone in Black Heath, the earl becomes unexpectedly attached to his fiery houseguest, and Melody discovers a softness in her heart for him. But when the enemy strikes, there’s more at risk than just their future together.
Publisher: Carina Press
ISBN: 1426899653
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 743
Book Description
Three steampunk romance favorites from award-winning author Cindy Spencer Pape in one convenient box set Cards & Caravans Belinda Danvers isn’t a witch. But that won’t stop them from burning her at the stake. Connor McKay knows there’s no way she can be guilty of murdering village children. But telling anyone what he thinks would mean revealing his own powers—something he can’t risk without revealing a plot that’s bigger than the two of them. Ashes & Alchemy Police inspector Sebastian Brown served Queen and country in India before returning to England to investigate supernatural crimes alongside the Order of the Round Table. But when Minerva Shaw lands on Sebastian’s doorstep, desperately seeking a doctor for her young daughter, it’s he who will need protecting—from emotions he’d thought buried long ago. Dragons & Dirigibles When airship engineer Melody McKay’s dirigible explodes and plunges her into the yard of a gothic manor, she suspects foul play. She resolves to crack the mystery while in the care of Victor Arrington, the stuffy-yet-disarming Earl of Blackwell. As they navigate a treachery so deep it threatens the lives of everyone in Black Heath, the earl becomes unexpectedly attached to his fiery houseguest, and Melody discovers a softness in her heart for him. But when the enemy strikes, there’s more at risk than just their future together.
Steam & Sorcery
Author: Cindy Spencer Pape
Publisher: Carina Press
ISBN: 1426891288
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Sir Merrick Hadrian hunts monsters, both human and supernatural. A Knight of the Order of the Round Table, his use of magick and the technologies of steam power have made him both respected and feared. But his considerable skills are useless in the face of his greatest challenge, guardianship of five unusual children. At a loss, Merrick enlists the aid of a governess. Miss Caroline Bristol is reluctant to work for a bachelor but she needs a position, and these former street children touch her heart. While she tends to break any mechanical device she touches, it never occurs to her that she might be something more than human. All she knows is that Merrick is the most dangerously attractive man she's ever met—and out of reach for a mere governess. When conspiracy threatens to blur the distinction between humans and monsters, Caroline and Merrick must join forces, and the fate of humanity hinges upon their combined skills of steam and sorcery... 76,400 words
Publisher: Carina Press
ISBN: 1426891288
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Sir Merrick Hadrian hunts monsters, both human and supernatural. A Knight of the Order of the Round Table, his use of magick and the technologies of steam power have made him both respected and feared. But his considerable skills are useless in the face of his greatest challenge, guardianship of five unusual children. At a loss, Merrick enlists the aid of a governess. Miss Caroline Bristol is reluctant to work for a bachelor but she needs a position, and these former street children touch her heart. While she tends to break any mechanical device she touches, it never occurs to her that she might be something more than human. All she knows is that Merrick is the most dangerously attractive man she's ever met—and out of reach for a mere governess. When conspiracy threatens to blur the distinction between humans and monsters, Caroline and Merrick must join forces, and the fate of humanity hinges upon their combined skills of steam and sorcery... 76,400 words
Murder in Chelsea
Author: Victoria E. Thompson
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 0425260410
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Sarah Brandt is shattered when she learns that a woman has inquired for Catherine, the abandoned child she has taken as her daughter. Sarah asks Malloy to investigate. But when he goes to interview the woman at her tenement, he finds she has been murdered.
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 0425260410
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Sarah Brandt is shattered when she learns that a woman has inquired for Catherine, the abandoned child she has taken as her daughter. Sarah asks Malloy to investigate. But when he goes to interview the woman at her tenement, he finds she has been murdered.
Murder on Marble Row
Author: Victoria Thompson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425198704
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
When an explosion kills wealthy industrialist Gregory Van Dyke, Police Commissioner Teddy Roosevelt presumes that anarchists are responsible and personally asks Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy to track them down. Malloy is up to the challenge - but he faces a different kind of challenge when he encounters Sarah Brandt paying a condolence call on the Van Dykes. Faced with the impossibility of ever expressing his true feelings for Sarah, Frank had vowed never to see or work with her again." For her part, Sarah is glad to be working with Malloy once again in his hunt for a dangerous killer - though they clash over his conviction that the murder was politically motivated.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425198704
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
When an explosion kills wealthy industrialist Gregory Van Dyke, Police Commissioner Teddy Roosevelt presumes that anarchists are responsible and personally asks Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy to track them down. Malloy is up to the challenge - but he faces a different kind of challenge when he encounters Sarah Brandt paying a condolence call on the Van Dykes. Faced with the impossibility of ever expressing his true feelings for Sarah, Frank had vowed never to see or work with her again." For her part, Sarah is glad to be working with Malloy once again in his hunt for a dangerous killer - though they clash over his conviction that the murder was politically motivated.
Photographs & Phantoms
Author: Cindy Spencer Pape
Publisher: Carina Press
ISBN: 1426891539
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Brighton, 1855 As a member of the Order of the Round Table, Kendall Lake is overqualified to be investigating strange phenomena at a seaside photography studio. But since the photographer is related to the Order's most powerful sorcerer, Kendall reluctantly boards a dirigible to Brighton. Amy Deland is haunted by a shadow that appears in some of her recent portraits. In each case, the subject died within days of the sitting. Does she have her grandmother's gift of foresight, or has she somehow caused the deaths? As Kendall and Amy search for answers, their investigation draws them together in a most improper way—but it seems the evil presence in the studio is determined to keep them apart… 20,000 words
Publisher: Carina Press
ISBN: 1426891539
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Brighton, 1855 As a member of the Order of the Round Table, Kendall Lake is overqualified to be investigating strange phenomena at a seaside photography studio. But since the photographer is related to the Order's most powerful sorcerer, Kendall reluctantly boards a dirigible to Brighton. Amy Deland is haunted by a shadow that appears in some of her recent portraits. In each case, the subject died within days of the sitting. Does she have her grandmother's gift of foresight, or has she somehow caused the deaths? As Kendall and Amy search for answers, their investigation draws them together in a most improper way—but it seems the evil presence in the studio is determined to keep them apart… 20,000 words
Witch Kin Chronicles Box Set Books 1, 2, 3
Author: E M Graham
Publisher: OneEar Press
ISBN: 177732128X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 891
Book Description
Dara was born with natural power, but the aristocratic Witch Kin hold the monopoly on all things magic and Dara’s half-blood status excludes her from their ranks. Until Hugh arrives on the scene, because with his help she can brave the Kin's sneers and work at being the best of the best, travelling to Scotland and beyond to develop her abilities. She wants acceptance into the Kin, but even more than that, she needs to find her mother. This is something she can't tell Hugh, although they're growing closer than a teacher and student should. And she finds out that a little knowledge can be more dangerous than none at all.
Publisher: OneEar Press
ISBN: 177732128X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 891
Book Description
Dara was born with natural power, but the aristocratic Witch Kin hold the monopoly on all things magic and Dara’s half-blood status excludes her from their ranks. Until Hugh arrives on the scene, because with his help she can brave the Kin's sneers and work at being the best of the best, travelling to Scotland and beyond to develop her abilities. She wants acceptance into the Kin, but even more than that, she needs to find her mother. This is something she can't tell Hugh, although they're growing closer than a teacher and student should. And she finds out that a little knowledge can be more dangerous than none at all.
Murder on Astor Place
Author: Victoria Thompson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425168967
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The first novel in the national bestselling Gaslight Mystery series introduces Sarah Brandt, a midwife in the turn-of-the-century tenements of Manhattan who refuses to turn a blind eye to the injustices of the crime-ridden city… After a routine delivery, Sarah visits her patient in a rooming house—and discovers that another boarder, a young girl, has been killed. At the request of Sergeant Frank Malloy, she searches the girl’s room. She discovers that the victim is from one of the most prominent families in New York—and the sister of an old friend. The powerful family, fearful of scandal, refuses to permit an investigation. But with Malloy’s help, Sarah begins a dangerous quest to bring the killer to justice—before death claims another victim...
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425168967
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The first novel in the national bestselling Gaslight Mystery series introduces Sarah Brandt, a midwife in the turn-of-the-century tenements of Manhattan who refuses to turn a blind eye to the injustices of the crime-ridden city… After a routine delivery, Sarah visits her patient in a rooming house—and discovers that another boarder, a young girl, has been killed. At the request of Sergeant Frank Malloy, she searches the girl’s room. She discovers that the victim is from one of the most prominent families in New York—and the sister of an old friend. The powerful family, fearful of scandal, refuses to permit an investigation. But with Malloy’s help, Sarah begins a dangerous quest to bring the killer to justice—before death claims another victim...
Beneath a Waning Moon
Author: Elizabeth Hunter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781518694233
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Two delightfully dark tales of Gothic romance.In A VERY PROPER MONSTER, Josephine Shaw spends long nights filling the pages of her Gothic stories with the fantastic and the macabre, unaware that the suitor her father has arranged is one of the dark creatures she's always dreamed. For Tom Dargin, courting an ailing spinster was only one duty in a long life of service to his sire. But after he meets the curious Miss Shaw, will Tom become the seducer or the seduced? Can a love fated to end in tragedy survive a looming grave?In GASLIGHT HADES, Nathaniel Gordon walks two worlds-that of the living and the dead. Barely human, he's earned the reputation of a Bonekeeper, the scourge of grave robbers. He believes his old life over, until one dreary burial he meets the woman he once loved and almost married. Lenore Kenward stands at her father's grave, begging the protection of the mysterious guardian, not knowing he is her lost love. Resolved to keep his distance, Nathaniel is forced to abandon his plan and accompany Lenore on a journey into the mouth of Hell where sea meets sky, and the abominations that exist beyond its barrier wait to destroy them.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781518694233
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Two delightfully dark tales of Gothic romance.In A VERY PROPER MONSTER, Josephine Shaw spends long nights filling the pages of her Gothic stories with the fantastic and the macabre, unaware that the suitor her father has arranged is one of the dark creatures she's always dreamed. For Tom Dargin, courting an ailing spinster was only one duty in a long life of service to his sire. But after he meets the curious Miss Shaw, will Tom become the seducer or the seduced? Can a love fated to end in tragedy survive a looming grave?In GASLIGHT HADES, Nathaniel Gordon walks two worlds-that of the living and the dead. Barely human, he's earned the reputation of a Bonekeeper, the scourge of grave robbers. He believes his old life over, until one dreary burial he meets the woman he once loved and almost married. Lenore Kenward stands at her father's grave, begging the protection of the mysterious guardian, not knowing he is her lost love. Resolved to keep his distance, Nathaniel is forced to abandon his plan and accompany Lenore on a journey into the mouth of Hell where sea meets sky, and the abominations that exist beyond its barrier wait to destroy them.
Murder on St. Mark's Place
Author: Victoria Thompson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440673438
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
In turn-of-the century New York City, midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy see birth and death--and even murder...
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440673438
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
In turn-of-the century New York City, midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy see birth and death--and even murder...
Gaslight Lawyers
Author: Richard H. Underwood
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781945049019
Category : Lawyers
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
A fascinating history of crime and punishment, Gaslight Lawyers paints a serious but entertaining portrait of colorful characters, courtroom drama, and the emerging importance of forensic science and medical-legal jurisprudence in Gilded Age New York City.From the 1870s to the early 1900s, post-Civil War New York City was becoming a wonder city of commerce and invention, art and architecture, and emerging global prominence. It was also a city of crime, corruption, poverty, slums, and tenements teeming with newcomers and standing in sharp contrast to the city mansions and the extravagant lifestyle of the rising American aristocracy. The New York City of those days is not just the venue of the intriguing true stories told in this book'it is also a supporting actor in them.The Gaslight Era has been called the Second Golden Age of the New York Bar. Gaslight Lawyers sheds new light on a gallery of notables of the day, including the exploits of famous William ?Big Bill? Howe and his archrival, Tammany prosecutor Francis Wellman, along with trial tactics and ethics of the day'skullduggery on both sides. It tells of the passing of the old guard and the rise of a new generation of criminal defense lawyers, and the aggressive and sometimes ruthless prosecutors. It also chronicles judges and politicians, police bungling and corruption, and famous physicians and ?alienists,? like Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton, the grandson of Alexander Hamilton. Other characters, such as photojournalist and reformer Jacob Riis, and infamous criminals of the day illuminate the social conditions.Drawing from the experience of a legal scholar and from a wealth of meticulous research gleaned from trial transcripts, other court records, contemporary newspaper stories, and memoirs, Richard H. Underwood also reconstructs and recounts the absorbing legal drama of a number of spectacular murder trials.Gaslight Lawyers is a compelling, witty, and insightful account of an important era in American legal history. It reminds us to acknowledge and deal with biases that continue to manifest themselves in our criminal justice systems today and to be mindful that we "are the guardians of the law.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781945049019
Category : Lawyers
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
A fascinating history of crime and punishment, Gaslight Lawyers paints a serious but entertaining portrait of colorful characters, courtroom drama, and the emerging importance of forensic science and medical-legal jurisprudence in Gilded Age New York City.From the 1870s to the early 1900s, post-Civil War New York City was becoming a wonder city of commerce and invention, art and architecture, and emerging global prominence. It was also a city of crime, corruption, poverty, slums, and tenements teeming with newcomers and standing in sharp contrast to the city mansions and the extravagant lifestyle of the rising American aristocracy. The New York City of those days is not just the venue of the intriguing true stories told in this book'it is also a supporting actor in them.The Gaslight Era has been called the Second Golden Age of the New York Bar. Gaslight Lawyers sheds new light on a gallery of notables of the day, including the exploits of famous William ?Big Bill? Howe and his archrival, Tammany prosecutor Francis Wellman, along with trial tactics and ethics of the day'skullduggery on both sides. It tells of the passing of the old guard and the rise of a new generation of criminal defense lawyers, and the aggressive and sometimes ruthless prosecutors. It also chronicles judges and politicians, police bungling and corruption, and famous physicians and ?alienists,? like Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton, the grandson of Alexander Hamilton. Other characters, such as photojournalist and reformer Jacob Riis, and infamous criminals of the day illuminate the social conditions.Drawing from the experience of a legal scholar and from a wealth of meticulous research gleaned from trial transcripts, other court records, contemporary newspaper stories, and memoirs, Richard H. Underwood also reconstructs and recounts the absorbing legal drama of a number of spectacular murder trials.Gaslight Lawyers is a compelling, witty, and insightful account of an important era in American legal history. It reminds us to acknowledge and deal with biases that continue to manifest themselves in our criminal justice systems today and to be mindful that we "are the guardians of the law.