His Clockwork Canary
- Publication
- September 2013
His Clockwork Canary
For ambitious engineer
Simon Darcy, winning Queen Victoria’s competition to recover lost
inventions of historical significance is a matter of pride — and
redemption. After all, it was Simon’s failed monorail project that left
his family destitute, and winning the tournament would surely restore
the Darcys’ reputation.
Simon sets his sights high, targeting no
less than the infamous time-travel device that forever changed the world by transporting scientists, engineers, and artists from the twentieth
century. The Mod technology was banned and supposedly destroyed, but
Simon is sure he can re-create it.
His daring plan draws the
attention of Willie G., the Clockwork Canary, London’s sensationalist
reporter. Simon soon discovers that Willie is a male guise for Wilhemina Goodenough, the love of his youth, who left him jilted and bitter. He
questions her motives even as he falls prey to her unique charm. As the
attraction between the two reignites, Simon realizes that this vixen
from his past has secrets that could be the key to his future... as long as he can put their history behind him.
