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Backstreet Secrets Of Granville Steam (#1 In The Stemric Chronicles)

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Time 1h 6m

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adventure clocktowers cogwheels fantasy fiction fictionalcharacters gears hiddenworld humour london magic mystery romance steam steampunk teenfiction victorian

Gwen Rosales is sensing things unreachable to humans and after being kidnapped by the hooded boy, Oswald Blackmore, she enters the hidden world of London, Stemrick, which holds almost every answer to the paranormal activities she has encountered due to the big framed oil painting in her aunts steam clock shop.


After finding out an overwhelming connection to her presence in Stemrick,the mysterious city of time and magic, A link to her past, a hidden family secret and her mysterious destiny, Gwen feels irresistibly drawn to Stemrick.

Gwen encounters the dark and ancient side of London - and the risk of following her destiny and the dangers of being with the mysterious Oswald.

( WARNING - Mature content in the sense of violence and such )

© Akarsha I. Wijesinghe 2018 All Rights Reserved 
Cover Design © Akarsha I. WijesingheAll Rights Reserved

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Mistress of Time

What if a sword-wielding, outspoken time traveler found herself stuck in Regency England? * Clara Eaton has a secret: she's a member of an elite time-travelling society, concealed in the heart of London. Clara has spent the last six years learning her Greek philosophers from her politicians, a toga from a thete, and how to escape from a battalion of sword-wielding soldiers. But when a graduation prank goes wrong, Clara finds herself trapped somewhere very different than Ancient Greece. Struggling to return home, Clara must learn to navigate the strange world of corsets and courtships in upper crust Regency England - including her unexpected feelings for the one man that she can never be with: Edmund, Duke of Kent. But something evil dwells in the underbelly of London, and Clara is quickly discovering that the person she trusts the most in this new world might just be the one that wants her dead. Content warning: This story contains mature sexual content and themes of drug use, language, and violence.