The Watchmaker’s Lady
One fateful day, lonely watchmaker Matthew Goddard discovers the lover of his dreams in a dusty corner of the local general store—Isabel, a bisque porcelain mannequin head with mesmerizing, smoky blue eyes. When Matthew invites her to come live with him, she eagerly “accepts.”
The couple embarks on a passionate affair, one fueled by Matthew’s wild imagination. To provide Isabel with a brass body and pretty clothes, he begins a secret side business selling clockwork pleasure toys to his wealthy female customers.
But danger threatens their idyllic romance when a disgruntled customer exposes Matthew’s forbidden business to the townspeople. Despite the growing menace, Matthew will stop at nothing to save his soul mate—and protect their love.
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The Watchmaker's Lady was originally published by Red Sage Publishing in 2012. This second edition has been reformatted and reinvigorated with a new cover, but nothing else changed substantially.
Tropes: Forbidden love, kinky clockpunk Pygmalion romance, love at first sight, working-class virgin hero, spunky automaton heroine
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The Blacksmith’s Lover
On the run after being caught in a scandalous incident, scullery maid Sarah Bailey must find refuge before her vengeful former mistress kills her. When she stumbles upon a blacksmith's shop in need of an apprentice, she applies for the position.
Viktor is a brawny, reclusive blacksmith who creates fantastical clockwork and steam-powered devices. The gruff man makes it clear that Sarah's plight is no concern of his, but ghosts from his past dictate otherwise. Viktor agrees to protect the spunky maid until her former mistress is no longer a threat—and not one second longer.
Sarah quickly discovers that the fire of this blacksmith's forge runs volcanic hot. Unable to resist one another, she and Viktor begin a steamy affair. But how long will their idyllic arrangement last before Sarah's former mistress destroys it?
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The Blacksmith's Lover was originally published by Red Sage Publishing in 2012. This second edition has been reformatted and reinvigorated with a new cover, but nothing else changed substantially.
Content warning: graphic violence and explicit consensual sex
Tropes: workplace romance, there’s only one bed, grumpy loner hero and sunshine heroine, bodyguard romance, baby makes three, maid romance, heroine in peril, and working-class main characters
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The Inventor’s Wife
Elena Harrington's widowed father rules her life with an iron fist. Even worse, he intends to force her into a loveless marriage to expand his business empire. An innocent bird trapped in a gilded cage, she can do naught but daydream about an adventurous life forever out of reach.
Elena resigns herself to a doomed existence until the day she meets her father's dashing new employee. Daniel Miller is a brilliant inventor who crafts extraordinary devices. His astonishing machines fill her with delight. What other wonders might this mysterious inventor have to offer?
Determined to find out, Elena begins visiting Daniel's workshop in secret. One hot, sultry night, he awakens her passion with all manner of sensual clockwork devices. Elena is certain she's discovered her soul mate. Then, an unexpected danger threatens not only their burgeoning romance—but their very lives.
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The Inventor's Wife was originally published by Red Sage Publishing in 2017. This second edition has been reformatted and reinvigorated with a new cover, but nothing else changed substantially.
Content warning: graphic violence and explicit consensual sex
Tropes: forbidden romance, clockwork sex toys, class discrepancy, orphan hero, virgin heroine, fighting the patriarchy
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Iron Guns, Blazing Hearts
A woman on a mission...
Violet Whitcomb dutifully assists her world-renowned scientist father, but what she truly craves is love and adventure. A fateful trip across America's wild frontier delivers this and more. First, she meets an irresistible man aboard the train. Then a rogue inventor known as the Iron Scorpion kidnaps her father and she alone is left to plan his rescue.
A man with a secret...
Mysterious gunman Logan McCoy knows tangling with the Iron Scorpion is asking for a death sentence. But pretty, feisty Violet might be worth the risk—if they survive the odds.
A perilous quest...
Despite an undeniable attraction, their alliance turns contentious when Violet insists on including a third partner on their mission: Arthur, her father's latest invention and the world's most advanced automaton.
Will Violet and Logan rescue her father and defeat the Iron Scorpion? What dark secret is Logan hiding? And finally, what role will Arthur play in this Wild West drama? Discover the thrilling answers to these questions and more in Iron Guns, Blazing Hearts!
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Content warning: graphic violence, references to disturbing scientific experiments, body horror
Tropes: opposites attract, sunshine heroine and grumpy hero, Once Upon a Time in a Steampunk Wild West, the perils of weaponizing science, automaton gunslinger, heat level—sweet, You’re My Only Hope, action-adventure quest romance
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Iron Guns, Blazing Hearts illustration and cover by Christine Griffin.
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