A Regent's Devices novella
Diana Edwards has defied her family and become an aeronaut in the fledgling Royal Aeronautic Corps. She distinguished herself in the Battle of Amiens. How difficult can flight training be?
When love is as forbidden as the skies …
After sharing the Prince Regent’s victory at the Battle of Amiens, Diana Edwards must keep her pride in trim and remember she is still only a cadet in the fledgling Royal Aeronautic Corps. Thank goodness she is under the command of Lady Celeste Thorndyke, the newly appointed flight director at the academy on St Michael’s Mount. But with Lady Thorndyke not yet arrived to take up her post, Diana and her cousin Emily are the only women at the flight school. They must not only battle contrary winds to prove they have promise, but also the contrary men who believe women have no place in the skies.
Captain John Hollys has never met a woman as maddening as Cadet Edwards. She is as tall as he is, never lets an opinion go unexpressed, and seems to believe that flight is her calling, if not her right. But when an accident makes it clear that someone wants her and her cousin out of the way for good, John cannot say no when Diana asks for help. And soon he begins to wonder whether a woman as clever and brave as she might not be just what his heart desires … if he has the courage to make her a promise of his own.
The Pilot’s Promise is a short sequel novella immediately following events of the Regent’s Devices trilogy written by Shelley Adina and R.E. Scott and set in the Magnificent Devices steampunk world. It can be read as a standalone, and promises no strong language, the possibility of a very proper kiss, and a guaranteed happy ending. If you like books by Regina Scott, Gail Carriger, or Emma Jane Holloway, you’re in the right place. Enjoy!
