In a reimagined 1890's London, where steam-driven airships rule the skies and monsters roam the streets, the Galileo Observatory's Club for Gentlemen welcomes all -- gwr, shape-changers, vampires, and lords. A high-stakes game leads more than a few men astray.<br><br>Poindexter Fitzhughes, renowned hero and scientist, learns just how much trouble a full-blooded gwr can be when he attempts to cure his lover, Lord Seth Maitland, of the disease. But when their backs are against the wall, the two must learn to trust in each other, and more importantly, in their true natures, to prevail.<br><br>Meanwhile, Duncan Farnsworth discovers being a vampire has not improved his social life, his chances of finding love, continuing the family line, or getting a bite to eat. Maneuvering his way around a sarcastic butler, his spinster sister, a run-in with an amorous werewolf, and a confrontation with a dead soldier and a French airship captain, Duncan finally finds exactly what he is thirsting for.

London Steam

“Human enough?” Duncan watched as she considered honesty. “Agnes, neither of us will do you harm. You must know that. I tasted your blood. Tell us.”


“My mama, she tells me never to confess. It is the direst secret of my family.” She turned her face away, studying the wooden-beamed ceiling above her. “Many years before, many generations, my mama’s grandmere’s grandmere lay with the get of Malkin and Lilith. A demonic angel. Ze Incubus, he is sometimes called.” She shrugged. “I have little enough in me, save that I can See. I know things, unbidden. Just know. It is barely enough to protect or preserve. But enough to damn me in ze eyes of ze Church, and those who follow her.”


Duncan smiled. “Remind me, this summer. If we are still sharing this—” He gestured at the wide bed and its well-satisfied occupants. “—then I have a proposal that I think will benefit us all.”


“If I agree,” Nigel said, yawning, “will you shut up and let me sleep, blood-sucker?”Part 4: Obscurity Schism


Chapter 34