Lady of Devices: A steampunk adventure novel of clever women and found family
About this audiobook
She wants to be an engineer, but her parents—and society—will never allow it. Until riots break out in steampunk London and she seizes her chance...
It’s 1889, and Lady Claire Trevelyan is expected to do nothing more with her life than catch a rich husband. Unfortunately, her talents lie not in the ballroom, but in the laboratory, where her experiments have an embarrassing habit of blowing up. When her father gambles the estate on the combustion engine when everyone knows the world runs on steam, Claire finds herself out in the street with nothing to her name but her steam landau and her second best hat.
But the embarrassments of her old life might be the talents that save her now ... if she can stay alive long enough to barter her skills for a street gang’s protection. It’s not long before a new leader rises in the London underworld, known only as the Lady of Devices ... a double life Claire must keep secret if she is to achieve her dream and become the assistant to a world-renowned scientist ...
“An immensely fun book in an immensely fun series with some excellent anti-sexist messages, a wonderful main character (one of my favourites in the genre) and a great sense of Victorian style and language that’s both fun and beautiful to read.” --Fangs for the Fantasy
If you like old-fashioned adventure, brave women, clever children, and strong-willed chickens, you’ll love the first audiobook in the Magnificent Devices steampunk adventure series. Books 1-4 can be best enjoyed as a quartet. If you like books by Gail Carriger, Lindsay Buroker, and Emma Jane Holloway, you're in the right place. Enjoy!
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About the author
Shelley Adina is the author of nearly 60 novels published by Harlequin, Warner, Hachette, and Moonshell Books, Inc., her own independent press. She writes steampunk adventure and mystery as Shelley Adina; as Charlotte Henry, writes classic Regency romance; and as Adina Senft, is the USA Today bestselling author of Amish women’s fiction. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Lancaster University in the UK. She won RWA’s RITA Award® in 2005, and was a finalist in 2006. She appeared in the 2016 documentary film Love Between the Covers, is a popular speaker and convention panelist, and has been a guest on many podcasts, including Worldshapers and Realm of Books. When she’s not writing, Shelley is usually quilting, sewing historical costumes, or enjoying the garden with her flock of rescued chickens.
Fiona trained as an actor in London, receiving her BA Honors at Middlesex University and the prestigious WAAPA (Western Australian Academy of Performing Art). Forever hungry for a story, Fiona is also a multi-award-winning audiobook narrator - a job that has helped hone her instinct and understanding of dramatic narrative.
