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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Waiting on Wednesday: A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill  at  Breaking the Spine and spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.   

 This week I am waiting for:

 
Hardcover, 352 pages
Expected publication: September 1st 2015 by NAL/Penguin

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 of a lifetime.

But fate has other plans, as Veronica discovers when she thwarts her own abduction with the help of an enigmatic German baron with ties to her mysterious past. Promising to reveal in time what he knows of the plot against her, the baron offers her temporary sanctuary in the care of his friend Stoker—a reclusive natural historian as intriguing as he is bad-tempered. But before the baron can deliver on his tantalizing vow to reveal the secrets he has concealed for decades, he is found murdered. Suddenly Veronica and Stoker are forced to go on the run from an elusive assailant, wary partners in search of the villainous truth.

What are you waiting for?

3 comments:

  1. Ooh another book that I need to add to my list. It sounds really good. I hope that you love it when it finally releases.

    Grace @ Books of Love

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  2. I really like the colors on this cover and the book sounds great. I hope you like the book! Check out my WoW!

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  3. Great pick! This is the first I've heard of this one but it sounds interesting. Have a good week! :)
    Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian

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