Take one reclusive inventor. Throw him together with a
disgraced heiress who can’t figure out exactly what it is she’s inherited. Add
a few almost too-realistic automatons, a maid hardly anyone can understand and
a couple of machines made for pleasure. What you have is the recipe for BEYOND PRUDENCE,
a Steampunk romp of a novel.
This book was a blast to write. In the past most of my
novels were fairly dark, but Prudence, William and their pals just kept
lightening the atmosphere, making me giggle and have more fun than should be
legal when writing a book. Yeah, they have issues, but don’t we all? Just
because things are crazy, they seemed to be saying, there’s no reason not to
have a rollicking good time while we get them sorted out.
Mind you, the hero and heroine seemed quite shocked by what
they were doing to each other, and who can blame them? In their world
respectability is worth its weight in gold, and what they’re up not only throws
propriety out the window but kicks its arse down the street for good measure.
And, at the end of the day, sometimes the things others value turn out to be
not the most important after all. Sometimes you simply have to tell the world
to go shag itself.
Preferably while the hero and heroine do a bit of shagging
too, apparently.
Beyond Prudence is available now from Ellora’s Cave. You
can read an excerpt here and
watch the trailer here.
Thanks to Steph
for having me here today, and I hope you’ll all be tempted to read Beyond Prudence.
Take care
Anya Richards
Blurb:
The mysterious device in Prudence
Hastings’ basement could be the answer to her prayers, if she could just figure
out what it is. Needing William Foreman’s help, she’s prepared to do whatever
it takes to gain it. Even putting aside her dislike of machines and
volunteering to test the risqué apparatus he’s developing for the Acolytes of
Concupiscence.
Will’s expecting a lightskirt for a
test subject and is horrified when he realizes the tempting woman he just
debauched is very much a lady. But despite his best intentions, something keeps
drawing him back to her, and it isn’t just the thought of discovering the inner
workings of her uncle’s last invention. Unlocking their passion is turning out to
be a far more pleasurable, if dangerous, job.
Beset by desire, automatons,
secrets, an unintelligible maid and the danger of utter ruin should their
association become known, Will and Prudence haven’t a chance in hell of
remaining unscathed.
Fire up the boiler, open the
sluices and take cover. Something’s about to explode…
2 comments:
This sounds great. I love steampunk - it adds a new flavor to things.
I think that too, Parajunkee. Sometimes it's fun to see how authors create a new world from the one we learned about in history class!
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