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Authors: Kady Cross
She gazed out the window at the passing city and hoped that Lady August-Raynes offered her the position within her household. She could use long-term employment.
And hopefully the darkness inside her would be content with that, as well. She wasn’t too worried. In fact, she was looking forward to it. How much trouble could she get into as a lady’s maid?
How much trouble
can
Finley get into as a lady’s maid? Find out in THE GIRL IN THE STEEL CORSET, the first story in Kady Cross’s exciting new miniseries
THE STEAMPUNK CHRONICLES.
Available wherever books are sold from Harlequin Teen
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In 1897 England, sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne has no one…except the “thing” inside her.
When a young lord tries to take advantage of Finley, she fights back. And wins. But no
normal
Victorian girl has a darker side that makes her capable of knocking out a full-grown man with one punch….
Only Griffin King sees the magical darkness inside her that says she’s special, says she’s one of them. The orphaned duke takes her in from the gaslit streets against the wishes of his band of misfits: Emily, who has her own special abilities and an unrequited love for Sam, who is part robot; and Jasper, an American cowboy with a shadowy secret.
Griffin’s investigating a criminal called The Machinist, the mastermind behind several recent crimes by automatons. Finley thinks she can help—and finally be a part of something, finally fit in.
But The Machinist wants to tear Griff’s little company of strays apart, and it isn’t long before trust is tested on all sides. At least Finley knows whose side she’s on—even if it seems no one believes her.
In her other life,
Kady Cross
is a USA TODAY bestselling author of more than twenty books. She is lucky enough to have a husband who shares her love for the slightly twisted and all things geek, and a houseful of cats with whom she shares her darkest secrets. When she’s not listening to the characters in her head, she’s either trying to formulate the perfect lip gloss or teaching herself to solder. She has a weakness for all things girlie, sugar skulls and boots. Her love of books and makeup borders on addiction—of which she never, ever wants to be cured.
For more about Kady and her books, please visit her website, www.kadycross.com.
ISBN: 978-1-4592-0414-0
The Strange Case of Finley Jayne
Copyright © 2011 by Kady Cross
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