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Clockwork Phantom - A Romantic Steampunk Thriller - cover

Clockwork Phantom - A Romantic Steampunk Thriller

Cecilia Dominic

Publisher: AIBHS

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Summary

"Lots of twists and turns that keep you turning pages long after you should have stopped to go to sleep!"
 
An actress with a strange affliction. 
 
A violinist on the run so his next performance won’t be his last. 
 
A theatre with a deadly secret… 
 
Once hailed as the greatest actress in Paris, Marie St. Jean is happy to wait out the Prussian siege behind the scenes in her mother’s theatre. But when her mother makes an ultimatum—tread the boards again or end up on the streets—she faces an impossible choice. She can assume a role that will cost her part of her soul or bargain with the ghost of the theatre, who seeks knowledge locked in memories she's terrified to explore.
 
Marie’s other problem – her attraction to alluring violinist, Johann Bledsoe, a temptation she dares not give into, particularly as the phantom grows jealous.
 
Johann left disgrace and his gambling debt behind in England, but a fatal stabbing outside the theatre makes him fear he’s been exposed.
 
Under the baleful eye of steam-powered ravens, murders and revelations from the past drive Marie and Johann closer to the truth of what really lurks below the stage, and what dangers hang over their heads. Their only hope could lie in exposing their darkest secrets—and surrendering to the Eros Element in a way that could push them to the edge of madness.
 
Clockwork Phantom is the second book in the Aether Psychics, a fast-paced steampunk series with puzzling mysteries and hints of magic. If you like historical mysteries and have always wanted to read a steampunk retelling of The Phantom of the Opera, then you'll love this thrilling tale. 
 
Buy Clockwork Phantom to lift the curtain today!

 
Note: Clockwork Phantom can be read on its own or as part of the Aether Psychics series. It picks up a few months after Eros Element ends. Our group of misfits is stuck in Paris due to the Prussian siege, and although they've solved the secret of stabilizing aether, it holds other more dangerous qualities.
Available since: 06/01/2017.
Print length: 298 pages.

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