Coming in February 2013! The amazingly talented Claudia at Phat Puppy Art created another beautiful cover for the Magnficient Devices series. She blended two photographs that I took in Paris and London this past fall, and merged them in behind the model to create this one-of-a-kind cover. I’m thrilled—and I hope you all like it,…
Copyright 2012 by Shelley Adina Bates All rights reserved Somewhere over the Atlantic, September 1889 The man’s eyes bulged out in his final moments and he glared with brutal accusation. “You—” he choked. “You did it … you’ll regret it …” She faltered back, but her feet tangled in her apple-green skirts and she couldn’t…
London, 1889. Victoria is Queen. Charles Darwin’s son is Prime Minister. And steam is the power that runs the world. At 17, Claire Trevelyan, daughter of Viscount St. Ives, was expected to do nothing more than pour an elegant cup of tea, sew a fine seam, and catch a rich husband. Unfortunately, Claire’s talents lie…