This steampunk story thrusts us into the thick of the
action at once, for agent Jacques Martin is pursuing a boy
from the American Dominions who has stolen some plans. They
chase through snowy Paris but the boy escapes, and the
secrets with him.
GOSSAMER WING is a new dirigible airship, piloted by Lady
Charlotte Moncrieffe, a widow and noted pilot who lives
near New York City and orders inventive weaponry for
herself. People have various implants, to improve their
hearing or to carry hidden knives, and steam-powered cars
are seen on the roads. Britain and America are allied
against revolutionary France, in what amounts to an arms
race. In order to visit France unsuspected, Charlotte is
told she will have to marry and go on honeymoon. Afterwards
there can be an annulment. She barely blinks before
agreeing, but is this a step too far? Dexter has been a
correspondent of Charlotte's, and has designed and made her
gear, but he's more upset by the prospect of a sham
marriage than she is.
Charlotte was a newlywed when her husband was killed by a
French spy, giving her motivation to join the Agency.
Dexter does not use the title he inherited, believing it
more important to better the conditions of workers. Can
the unlikely pair smuggle a camouflaged airship into France
and accomplish their mission?
GOSSAMER WING is an entertaining and exciting adult read
with the
main characters exploring their situation amid counter-
spying by Jacques and his team. A manufactory run by a
British man has woodworkers, clockmakers and metalsmiths
side by side, while hidden in an underground level is a
more complex production system for submersibles. The
author Delphine Dryden has put a lot of thought and
inventiveness into her world to make it feel quite real,
busy and politicking. If steam and seduction are for you,
this fantasy GOSSAMER WING will tickle your fancy.
A SPY. AN AIRSHIP. AND A BROKEN HEART.
After losing her husband to a rogue French agent, Charlotte
Moncrieffe wants to make her mark in international
espionage. And what could be better for recovering secret
long–lost documents from the Palais Garnier than her
stealth dirigible, Gossamer Wing? Her spymaster father has
one condition: He won't send her to Paris without an
ironclad cover.
Dexter Hardison prefers inventing to politics, but his title
as Makesmith Baron and his formidable skills make him an
ideal husband–imposter for Charlotte. And the
unorthodox undercover arrangement would help him in his own
field of discovery.
But from Charlotte and Dexter's marriage of convenience
comes a distraction?a passion that complicates an
increasingly dangerous mission. For Charlotte, however, the
thought of losing Dexter also opens her heart to a thrilling
new future of love and adventure.
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