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“Adina’s resourceful, gutsy and vulnerable heroine, Lady Claire Trevelyan, is back in this third and more exciting adventure. Rife with airborne gondolas, pirates, flash floods, pinnacle rocks and a number of villains in the American Wild West, her deft handling of the “Age of Steam” is glorious — and not too overblown as other books…
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Have you ever had that moment of deja vu when you recognize someone you’ve never met before? I had it last night, when browsing around in a collection of drawings by my favorite Belle Epoque artist, Alphonse Mucha. There, on Plate 18 of the Documents Decoratifs of 1902, were Maggie and Lizzie! (See left, bottom…
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It’s been a while since I posted, mostly due to technical difficulties. I’ve grown so dependent on technology to communicate that when it doesn’t work, I’m hobbled! We’ve been busy in the last couple of days: a walking tour of Royal London, and an afternoon of beach combing on the Thames at low tide, much…
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Characters are the engine that drives any plot—which makes the question, “Which is more important? Character or plot?” redundant. You can’t have one without the other. The next question is, “Where do your characters come from?” And the answer is, “From just about anywhere.” Case in point: Alice Chalmers, the grungy girl mechanic who appeared…
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USA Today bestselling author Shelley Adina has written more than 50 novels published by Harlequin, Warner, Hachette, and Moonshell Books, Inc., her own independent press. She writes steampunk adventure and mystery; as Adina Senft, writes women’s fiction set among the Amish and other plain communities; and as Charlotte Henry, writes classic Regency romance. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University in the UK. She won the Romance Writers of America RITA Award® for Best Inspirational Novel in 2005, was a finalist in 2006, and in 2009 was a Christy Award finalist. When she’s not writing, Shelley is usually quilting, sewing historical costumes, or enjoying the garden with her flock of rescued chickens.
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