In her thrilling new series, Deanna Raybourn, 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. After burying her spinster aunt, orphaned Veronica Speedwell is
free to resume her world travels in pursuit of scientific inquiry—and the
occasional romantic dalliance. As familiar with hunting butterflies as with
fending off admirers, Veronica intends to embark upon the journey of a lifetime.
But fate has other plans when Veronica thwarts her own attempted abduction with
the help of an enigmatic German baron, who offers her sanctuary in the care of
his friend Stoker, a