Prince of Hearts: A Victorian Steampunk Romance
Book One in The Elders snd Welders Chronicles
London: 1896. Airships rule the skies, and automatons run the tracks at Ascot. Since the Great Exhibition of 1851, Her Majesty’s Empire has been powered by the Steam Revolution and Welding science. It is a time of glorious innovation and dangerous civil unrest.
But Miss Aline Finch, prim, plain career girl, has more important things on her mind than the state of the Empire. After her employer, the handsome but insufferable criminologist, Professor Romanov, hares off for parts unknown in a slightly-illegal dirigible, stranding her in France, she has finally had enough. In a fit of pique, she decides to marry her long-time and very proper suitor, quitting Romanov for good.
The last thing the Professor expects to come home to is his secretary’s mutiny. Finch’s timing couldn’t be any more inconvenient, for a serial murderer from Romanov’s past has set his sights on her. Romanov must keep her close if he has any chance of protecting her life – and the dangerous secrets the murderer threatens to expose. For the Professor is much, much more than he seems, and the secrets that he keeps are centuries old – and hidden deep in his heart.
When the Professor discovers Finch is to wed, however, he is forced to confront the truth of the matter: he doesn’t just want his secretary back to protect her. He wants her in his bed. Forever.
Aline fights Romanov’s seduction, but she’s no match for her own unruly desires, or the truth of her own heart. But when the Professor’s true identity is exposed, destroying the very foundations of Aline’s conception of reality, will the Professor lose her forever? Or will the murderer succeed in his evil plot to destroy them both before they can find their happy ending?
Warning: this sensual romance will put the steam in steampunk.
Targeted Age Group:
18-40
I really get to use my imagination and think outside the box! I have to know a lot of historical details, as my book is set in late Victorian London, but I also get to break the rules, since my Victorian London is populated by immortals and automatons!
What Advice Would You Give Aspiring Writers?
Write what you like to read!
Author Bio:
Margaret Foxe is a professional musician originally from Tennessee. Her first book was completed when she was ten years old, and featured an illustrated mouse named Patches. A voracious reader, she didn’t discover the romance genre until her late twenties. She remains a full-fledged addict. Her debut novel, Prince of Hearts, combines all of her favorite things: historical romance, steampunk gadgets, a touch of fantasy, and a canine sub-plot.
She hopes to one day circumnavigate the world by dirigible.
What Inspired You to Write Your Book?I love historical romance, but I also love paranormal and fantasy. I have recently fallen in love with everything Steampunk, so I couldn’t resist trying my hand at writing my own novel!
This is my debut novel, and the first in a series of interlocking novels set in my unique Steampunk universe. Prince of Hearts is a true romance, with witty banter, a great love story, and some fairly steamy love scenes!
The next installment in the series features Inspector Drexler and Lady Christiana, two of the supporting characters introduced in Prince of Hearts. Will the Inspector ever overcome his demons enough to accept Lady Christiana’s love?
Find out this fall!
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