Devices Brightly Shining (Magnificent Devices, #9)

by Shelley Adina

Overview

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me
Dreadful relations, high expectations, and a sudden urge to pull up ropes and flee.

It is the event of the season—on Twelfth Night, the Dunsmuirs have invited the cream of London society to celebrate the marriage of Lady Claire Trevelyan and Andrew Malvern at a reception to which the Prince Consort himself is expected. Captain Ian Hollys brings his fiancée Alice Chalmers to attend and meet his family—people who cannot see past her flight boots to the woman who stands by his side as an equal.

When two young cousins of Gloria Meriwether-Astor arrive in London, the inhabitants of Carrick House are happy to welcome them. Sydney and Hugh Meriwether-Astor are completing a world tour, and the Dunsmuirs' ball is just the thing to cap it off in splendid fashion. But Maggie learns that Sydney has his own plans for the family business. And unlike Gloria, said plans don't include cutting off the supply of arms to the Royal Kingdom of Spain and the Californias.

It's time for Alice—someone with a spine, an airship of her own, and reasons to put fields of air between herself and decisions about her future—to pull up ropes and warn Gloria that betrayal is closer than she thinks ...

"All of the women are planning their own lives. Even better, they're all planning different lives, different paths—because there's more than one way for a woman to live and be strong and express her agency... The books are already turning into far more than Claire's story and I'm happy to see that." —Fangs for the Fantasy, on Devices Brightly Shining

Devices Brightly Shining is a cozy fantasy novella connecting Claire's story with that of Gloria Meriwether-Astor's trilogy in the Magnificent Devices steampunk world. No strong language, just a very proper kiss or two and a satisfying solution. If you like books by Gail Carriger, Cherie Priest, or Emma Jane Holloway, you're in the right place. Enjoy!

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150784130
Publisher:	Moonshell Books, Inc.
Publication date:	10/16/2015
Series:	Magnificent Devices Series , #9
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	120
File size:	534 KB

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 mystery and adventure 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, 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.

Editorial Reviews

"It's another element I love about these books; from Claire to Gloria to Alice to Lizzie and Maggie to Lady Dunsmuir, the women in this series generally like and respect each other. Other women are not required to be lesser--weaker, more cowardly, less intelligent--in order for Claire to be awesome. She is not an exceptional woman, she is an awesome woman among awesome women."

Fangs for the Fantasy - Renee and Paul

"It's another element I love about these books; from Claire to Gloria to Alice to Lizzie and Maggie to Lady Dunsmuir, the women in this series generally like and respect each other. Other women are not required to be lesser--weaker, more cowardly, less intelligent--in order for Claire to be awesome. She is not an exceptional woman, she is an awesome woman among awesome women."

Renee and Paul

"Adina is a literary master in her field."

Bookloons.com - Leslie McKee

"Great fun, extremely feel-good reads that make you share all of the protagonists' journeys and victories ... an excellent steampunk series."

Fangs for the Fantasy - Paul S.