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A Curious Beginning: A Veronica Speedwell Mystery Author: Deanna Raybourn Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery Publisher: Penguin Release Date: September 1, 2015 Pages: 352 Source: Publisher/Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: In her thrilling new series, the New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey mysteries, returns once more to Victorian England…and introduces intrepid adventuress Veronica Speedwell.      London, 1887. As the city prepares to celebrate Queen Victoria’s golden jubilee, Veronica Speedwell is marking a milestone of her own. After burying her spinster aunt, the orphaned Veronica is free to resume her world travels in pursuit of scientific inquiry—and the occasional romantic dalliance. As familiar with hunting butterflies as she is fending off admirers, Veronica wields her butterfly net and a sharpened hatpin with equal aplomb, and with her last connection to England now gone, she intends to embark upon the journey ...

Night of a Thousand Stars by Deanna Raybourn Publication Date: October 1, 2014 Harlequin MIRA Formats: eBook, Paperback Genre: Historical Fiction Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review.      New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn returns with a Jazz Age tale of grand adventure...      On the verge of a stilted life as an aristocrat's wife, Poppy Hammond does the only sensible thing—she flees the chapel in her wedding gown. Assisted by the handsome curate who calls himself Sebastian Cantrip, she spirits away to her estranged father's quiet country village, pursued by the family she left in uproar. But when the dust of her broken engagement settles and Sebastian disappears under mysterious circumstances, Poppy discovers there is more to her hero than it seems.      With only her feisty lady's maid for company, Poppy secures employment and travels incognita—east across the seas, chasing a hunch a...