A Matter of Circumstance and
Celludrones
Dark Matters – Book 1
by Claire
Robyns
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BLURB:
A
Victorian Steampunk/Paranormal adventure with strong elements of romance...
Lady
Lily d'Bulier is prim, proper, and prefers to think of herself as pragmatic
rather than timid. And avoiding life-threatening situations at all costs is
just plain practical. But everything changes when Lord Adair tracks her down in
London; searching for answers he seems to think she has.
Greyston
Adair is a blackguard and a smuggler, although British Customs will have to
catch him red-handed to prove the latter. Fortunately, the dirigibles they
float around in have never been able to get near his air dust.
Hell
is rising, One Demon at a Time...
With
Lady Ostrich hunting them, and the mystery of how their lives tie back to
Cragloden Castle and the powerful McAllister clan, Lily has no option but to
throw propriety to the wind and run off with Greyston to Scotland, away from
the immediate danger and toward possible answers.
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Excerpt
Two:
Evelyn was even more intrigued when she entered the drawing
room. Not only was Lily’s mysterious gentleman the scrumptious Lord Adair from
the previous night, but the two of them looked as if they’d been caught in
flagrante. Lord Adair’s neck cloth looked as if it had been tied in unseemly
haste—by a blind man. Lily’s skirts were scuffed and wrinkled and her bodice
wasn’t sitting quite straight.
Lily left his side to meet Evelyn halfway across the room.
“If I’d known you were being ravished by Lord Dashing down
here,” Evelyn declared in a whisper, “I would have stayed up there—” she raised
her eyes to the ceiling “—another twenty minutes.”
“Don’t be absurd.” Lily’s hands flew to her hair.
“It’s your skirts that need patting down.” She linked her
arm in Lily’s and strolled in the direction of Lord Adair, keeping her voice
low. “What did he do? Drag you into the woods and toss you over a log?”
Lily went white in the face.
“By God.” Evelyn surged forward. “I’ll deal with the bloody
Scotsman.”
“Evie, no, wait.” Lily dug her heels in. “Nothing happened.
Must you always latch onto the most preposterous conclusions?”
Evelyn’s brows drew tight. Something felt wrong, but her
friend made a valid point. She was rash and brash, a fact she’d never denied.
She kept her sharp tongue on a leash and turned a smile on the man instead as
they drew close. “How charming, Lord Adair, I was hoping we’d see more of you.”
“Lady Harchings.” He inclined his head in greeting.
Clearly not trusting her to keep the peace, Lily inserted
breathlessly, “I was just telling Lady Harchings that we were riding in the
park—”
“And your horses tossed both of you?” Evelyn couldn’t
resist.
Lily rewarded her with a glare. “We were in Lord Adair’s
carriage, but, um, yes, a rabbit or fox must have run across the path because
one of the horses took fright—”
“You really should train them better,” Evelyn told him.
“The rabbits or the horses?” Lord Adair riposted dryly, his
eyes never leaving Lily and a grin tugging at his mouth.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Claire Robyns
lives in Berkshire, England, with her husband and twin boys. For so long as she
has memories, she was either reading, dreaming about reading, or planning what
she'd be reading next. Then one day she started dreaming about writing and that
was the beginning of an amazing journey.
When Claire
isn't thigh-deep in laundry, shopping, cooking and general crowd control,
you'll find her head-and-heart-deep in the tangled lives of her characters.
Visit Claire
at her website www.clairerobyns.com or on twitter @clairerobyns or on facebook
www.facebook.com/clairerobyns
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