On Monday we told you about blog tour in honour of The Girl in the Clockwork Collar, part of Kady Cross‘s Steampunk Chronicles series. Today we’ll be revealing another exclusive quote from the book as well as a chance to win a copy, but first let’s get to the really exciting bit… As part of the tour, Harlequin Teen is offering an awesome grand prize: you could win the necklace used on The Girl in the Clockwork Collar! Enter to win at the Harlequin Teen Facebook page until Friday June 1.

The “Clockwork Collar” was created by Colleen, who sells her steampunk jewellery creations on Etsy as ClockworkZero. Colleen also answered a few questions for us about her work:

How did you get into designing jewelry, and more specifically, steampunk jewelry?

I’ve been making jewelry since I was a teenager in highschool. I read Steampunk back in the early 90′s and made some Victorian jewelry back then. It wasn’t very successful, but years later when the Steampunk movement got started, I already had materials. For me it is a way to combine my love of technology, literature, jewelry and creativity.

Have you designed for anyone else before? Other publishers, etc?

My work has appeared in WIRED Magazine, a Superbowl commercial, the Sante Fe Opera, Auxillary Magazine, Style-ology Magazine and others. I do a lot of commission pieces for photoshoots and for film or TV. These are so much fun but often they mean I’m dashing off to the post office to ship something down to LA for some “secret film project”.   Right now I’m working with a local artist producing sculpture.

What other covers from Harlequin TEEN has your work appeared or will be appearing?

I worked with Marie-Eve Trembley, a very tallented local stylist here in Toronto, providing some of the jewelry for the cover of The Girl in the Steel Corset so I was thrilled to work with her again on this cover. I used my trademark “chainmail” as a basis for this piece and worked with Marie-Eve to combine lace, pocket watch parts, clock parts for a really romantic creation.  Working with the Harlequin team has been truly inspiring!

Where can people go to look at/purchase your designs?

My Etsy store. I can never keep anything in stock these days!

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You can also follow ClockworkZero on Facebook, where she sometimes posts special events and giveaways, as well as occasional sneak peeks of jewellery before it goes up on Etsy. Thanks so much for the interview, Colleen!

Now onto today’s quote The Girl in the Clockwork Collar and giveaway!

Giveaway: We have one copy of The Girl in the Clockwork Collar to give away! To enter, leave a comment telling us which accessory you’d rather have: a non-lethal version of the Clockwork Collar, or Finley Jayne’s Steel Corset from The Girl in the Steel Corset?

Contest is open to residents of the United States and Canada. Entries must be received by 11:59 pm EST on May 22. A winner will be chosen from the comments by random number draw and announced on May 23. For full official rules, click here.

For a schedule of the entire Clockwork Collar tour, click here.

Good luck!

About The Girl in the Steel Corset:

Sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne and her “straynge band of mysfits” have journeyed from London to America to rescue their friend Jasper, hauled off by bounty hunters. But Jasper is in the clutches of a devious former friend demanding a trade—the dangerous device Jasper stole from him…for the life of the girl Jasper loves.

One false move from Jasper and the strange clockwork collar around Mei’s neck tightens. And tightens.

From the rough streets of lower Manhattan to elegant Fifth Avenue, the motley crew of teens with supernatural abilities is on Jasper’s elusive trail. And they’re about to discover how far they’ll go for friendship.

More than ever, Finley Jayne will rely on powerful English duke Griffin King to balance her dark magic with her good side. Yet Griffin is at war with himself over his secret attraction to Finley…and will risk his life and reputation to save her. Sam, more machine than man, finds his moody heart tested by Irish lass Emily—whose own special abilities are no match for the darkness she discovers on the streets.

Now, to help those she’s come to care for so deeply, Finley Jayne must infiltrate a criminal gang. Only problem is, she might like the dark side a little too much….

What goes best with a Steel Corset? A Clockwork Collar!

Today kicks off a new Harlequin Teen blog tour in honour of Kady Cross‘s The Girl in the Clockwork Collar, the second novel in The Steampunk Chronicles series and sequel to The Girl in the Steel Corset. This blog tour is a ‘quote’ tour, with each stop featuring a new snippet from The Girl in the Clockwork Collar, as well as a book giveaway.

The blog tour also has an awesome grand prize: the ‘clockwork collar’ itself, a replica of the one on The Girl in the Clockwork Collar cover! Enter to win at the Harlequin Teen Facebook page from Monday, May 14 (the form will open later today ) until Friday June 1.

The blog tour will officially visit Harlequin’s Paranormal Romance Blog on Wednesday with a new quote (and chance to win the book!). Here is the entire The Girl in the Clockwork Collar quote tour schedule:

• Monday, May 14th – Story Siren
• Wednesday, May 16th – Harlequin Paranormal Blog
• Friday, May 18th – Letters Inside Out
• Monday, May 21st – Hippies, Beauty and Books…Oh, My!
• Wednesday, May 23rd – The Adventures of Cecelia Bedelia
• Friday, May 25th – My Shelf Confessions
• Monday, May 28th – A Book and a Latte
• Tuesday, May 29th -Book Birthday! – Alice Marvels
• Wednesday, May 30th – Seeing Night Book Reviews
• Friday, June 1st – Read Me, Bookmark Me, Love Me

p.s. If you have not read The Girl in the Steel Corset, look for the brand-new paperback version in stores now. It also includes a prequel novella, The Strange Case of Finley Jayne, previously only available in ebook.

My favorite romance novels are the ones I can relate to. When I sit down to read, I want a novel with themes that resonate and characters who struggle with major issues in their lives. However, I want to read a romance that pushes boundaries, adds a little mysticism and sweeps me away to somewhere magical.

It’s not a surprise that I’m a paranormal romance junkie. I love writing it as much as I love reading it! Growing up, I never liked dramas. Anne of Green Gables? Nope. Not a fan. I’ve never been able to sit through a tear-jerking movie and I can’t read books that make me quiver.  Give me vampires, werewolves, witches, magic and enchantment. Give me underworlds and kick ass heroines, alpha males with bad intentions and soft hands. Mix those bumps in the night with raw, human emotion stemming from the cuts of first love, forbidden love, deception, lust or lies and I’m hooked.

Like the saying goes, I write what I want to read.

Claimed by Desire, my first Nocturne Craving novella, is set in an enchanted world on the Isle of Feralon. Dragons rule the air, werewolves trek the land, and merfolk swim the sea. When they’re not fighting for territory or battling for dominance amongst their own, they’re humans. Shifters. Able to love and betray, give and hurt.

Take a peek inside their world:

Claimed by Desire

“As teenagers, dragon shifter Rafe Landon and empath Misty Burke shared a heart-stopping love and heated passion that neither expected…especially since on the mystical Isle of Feralon, dragons aren’t supposed to embrace members of other races. Fearing for Misty’s life should she be claimed as his rider, Rafe commits the ultimate sacrifice and sets his love free, banishing her from the enchanted isle.

The last thing he expects is for Misty to return to Feralon ten years later as a very mature, and deviously sexy woman on a mission: use her heightened sensory powers to locate the missing Draco stone, a sacred gem that strengthens the dragon race. But Rafe is hiding a secret of his own. Forsaking a rider will end his life…in two days time. Despite his eternal love for Misty, he refuses to imprison her on the isle, condemning her to an early grave.

For Misty, Rafe will gladly pay the ultimate sacrifice—he’ll die, so she can live.

It’s not long before Rafe and Misty are swept away by undercurrents of passion that never waned. Their quest to find the sacred stone may be more of a journey than either realized—one that not only leads to the lost gem, but to true, undying love.”

I’ve created a world as enchanted as they come, yet have kept the relationship as basic. They’re a dragon and an empath searching for a magic energy source. They’re first loves who are destined to be together. One is dying. And the other is too blinded by the past to see the future standing in front of her.

What kind of books do you like to read?

I’ve always been fascinated by the concept of magic.  Spells, potions, mojo bags…I love it all!  So in The Prophet (Book Three of the Graveyard Queen Series), I was thrilled to return to Gullah country, that area of the marshy Carolina coast and outer islands still steeped in the mysticism of the Southern sorcery arts.

Rootwork, hoodoo and conjure are often used interchangeably to mean folk magic.  Not to be confused with voodoo, which is a religion, hoodoo is a set of traditions that utilizes roots, herbs, stones and other natural items.  A smear of blood root paste will cure your skin irritations, a pinch of goldenseal will help your digestion.”  Dr. Shaw stared down into his cooling tea.  “A little celandine will ward off evil spirits and the law.  And anything else that may hound you…”

With quaintly named spells and elixirs like law-keep-away dust, pay-me sachet, and come-to-me oil, hoodoo is mostly a benign practice that has been passed down through generations.  But some will tell you that there is a dark side to this Southern magic.

Dr. Darius Goodwine is an ethnobotanist whose knowledge of roots and herbs has sent him down a dangerous path.  He’s one of only a handful of men who have been granted access to gray dust, a powerful extract that stops the heart and allows an initiate to enter the realm of the dead.   But what happens when the user brings something back from the other side?

Amelia Gray is about to find out.

Over the years, there have been many books and movies that reference rootworking, conjure and hoodoo, most notably Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.  I’ve also enjoyed The Skeleton Key and Eve’s Bayou.  What’s your favorite ‘Southern’ movie?

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The Immortal Rules blog tour has come to a close, but we have one more reason to celebrate–the winner for the grand prize of a Kindle Touch with Immortal Rules cover has been chosen! Congratulations to: Luana S.!

To learn more about The Immortal Rules by author Julie Kagawa (Harlequin Teen), visit BloodofEden.com.

About The Immortal Rules:

In a future world, vampires reign. Humans are blood cattle. And one girl will search for the key to save humanity.

Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a vampire city. By day, she and her crew scavenge for food. By night, any one of them could be eaten.

Some days, all that drives Allie is her hatred of them. The vampires who keep humans as blood cattle. Until the night Allie herself is attacked—and given the ultimate choice. Die…or become one of the monsters.

Faced with her own mortality, Allie becomes what she despises most. To survive, she must learn the rules of being immortal, including the most important: go long enough without human blood, and you will go mad.

Then Allie is forced to flee into the unknown, outside her city walls. There she joins a ragged band of humans who are seeking a legend—a possible cure to the disease that killed off most of humankind and created the rabids, the mindless creatures who threaten humans and vampires alike.

But it isn’t easy to pass for human. Especially not around Zeke, who might see past the monster inside her. And Allie soon must decide what—and who—is worth dying for.

Harlequin TEEN author Aimée Carter released her debut title, The Goddess Test, in May 2011. The much-anticipated second book in this series, Goddess Interrupted, followed in April 2012. If you plan to do any reading this summer, these two divine books are a must-add to your reading list.

What better way to relax than bringing out your inner goddess. To help, Aimée Carter will be taking you on a Goddess Interrupted summer blog tour, which includes summer wisdom and a goddess-worthy giveaway at every stop!

The giveaway includes:

• 1 copy of The Goddess Test
• 1 copy of Goddess Interrupted
• Goddess French tote bag
• Goddess sunscreen
• Goddess beach ball
• $5 iTunes gift card

Just check out that picture of the prize pack! Who wouldn’t want to win that swag and gear up for summer???

Plus, don’t miss the rest of the stops in the Goddess Interrupted tour for more chances to win great prizes and learn all about Aimée Carter’s modern reimagining of the Greek gods:

• Stop #1 – Monday, May 7 – A Good Addiction
• Stop #2 – Tuesday, May 8 –  I am A Reader, Not a Writer
• Stop #3 – Wednesday, May 9 –   I Just Wanna Sit Here and Read
• Stop #4 – Thursday, May 10 – Confessions of a Total Bookaholic
• Stop #5 – Friday, May 11 – Books Complete Me
• Stop #6 – Saturday, May 12 – Katie’s Book Blog
• Stop #7 – Sunday, May 13 – Page Turners
• Stop #8 – Monday, May 14 –  I Read Banned Books
• Stop #9 – Tuesday May 15 –  Once Upon a Twilight
• Stop #10 – Wednesday, May 16 – Mundie Moms
• Stop #11 – Thursday, May 17 – Allison Can Read
• Stop #12 – Friday, May 18 – All things urban fantasy

Giveaway information: To enter today’s giveaway, please leave a comment telling us if you were a goddess or god, what power would you want to have? Contest is open to residents of the United States and Canada. Entries must be received by 11:59 pm EST on May 10. A winner will be chosen from the comments by random number draw and announced on May 11. For full official rules, click here. UPDATE: The contest is now closed and the winner is — TracyH!

To learn more about the series, visit The Goddess Test tab on Harlequin TEEN’s Facebook page — includes bonus scenes, background info and tons more exclusive content!

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I couldn’t think of a better place for people of all shapes, sizes, ethnicities and…species to blend into crowds than in New York City. The city teems with who knows what beneath the glitz, glamour and neon lights. It’s a great place for shapeshifters, vampires and demons to live undetected by humans. That’s why I chose NYC for my first Nocturne Cravings story, Hot Demon Nights.

Since I wanted my heroine to be a cop, she had to be a tough, kick-ass-take-no-prisoners kind of gal. And she’s beautiful…which she hates that fact and it gives her all the attitude she needs to scare the other cops at the 5th Precinct into leaving her the hell alone. Since she’s such a strong character I decided to write this story all in her point of view. Here’s a taste of what you’re in store for:

HOT DEMON NIGHTS

She didn’t ask for the job, it landed in her lap, literally. Rookie cop and budding paranorm butt-kicker, Katya Danse, becomes a member of the Lower Manhattan order of the Paranormal Investigation Team (PIT). This elite group of multi-skilled law enforcers is tasked with keeping peace between the human and otherkin inhabitants of Manhattan. Katya never knew she had special skills until a zombie fell in her lap from the fourth story of her apartment building, and she lopped its head off. From rookie cop to PIT crew, she’s sniffing out zombies and tracking down rogue demons, vampires and werecreatures for a living. Nicked-named Iceman for her ability to cut a man’s ego down in a single word, Katya has never met a man she can trust, much less a demon. The last thing she needs is a smart-ass demon dogging her every step, especially one with mind-melding gazes and sex-appeal that could corrupt even the most heart-hardened cop.

Blaise Michaels, one of the few paranorms recruited as part of the select PIT crew, teams with Katya to discover the source of a fresh outbreak of zombification and nip it in the bud. Not only is he interested in the challenge of awakening Katya’s inner demon, he knows their adversary is dangerous, beyond even their initial indications. Forced into close proximity, Katya’s and Blaise’s investigation takes them into the darkest, dirtiest shadows of the Manhattan underworld, pitting superhuman skills against a barrage of creatures fighting for survival and domination in a world most humans will never know exists. As their investigation intensifies, so too does the heat between them, fire melting ice, a combustible outcome sure to ensue.

Don’t you think big cities are great places to hide in plain sight? What other cities would work as well as NYC? Leave a comment and let me know.

Like vampires, dragons were often the bad guy in the stories of our childhood. Dragons hoarded treasure and demanded things, like beautiful princesses, be brought to their caves. The heroes of our youth were knights and princes who rode on white stallions and slayed those dragons, bringing back its head—along with the princess and piles of gold.

Boy, how those days have changed.

Now dragons, like the hero of my new release The Witch Thief, are the good guys. Well, maybe good is stretching it a bit. It is hard to be a dragon or a vampire and be completely good, but they are now the heroes and strong, sexy ones at that.

Dragons are, as I mentioned above, associated with hoarding gold and making demands. Because of this, they are often a symbolic representation of greed.

In The Witch Thief I played with this. Joarr, my dragon hero, not only has a hoard of his own; he is also responsible for guarding one of the dragon world’s most revered artifacts. Unfortunately for him, he not only has the dragon weakness for hoarding treasure, he also shares their tendency to be a tad… arrogant.

You can’t blame him for that. He’s a dragon! Who could defeat him?

A woman, of course. Or in this case, a witch who takes advantage of his arrogance and steals the object he has been entrusted with guarding.

This activates a third tendency of dragons: rage and the need for revenge. As many old legends have shown, dragons do not like their possessions being pilfered, and Joarr is no different.

He captures the witch, Anna, and forces her to work with him to reclaim what she had stolen.

Unknown to Joarr, however, Anna has possession of an even greater treasure than the one they are seeking—his unborn child.

I had a lot of fun playing with the various tendencies that dragons are known for and creating a few new ones of my own. I also enjoyed adding some twists on other well-known characters from fantasy and lore, in this case dwarves.

If when you hear dwarf you think Disney, think again. Mine are tough, hard-workers, but they are not a stalwart side-kick for a princess. They have goals of their own, goals that are quite at odds to those of our valiant dragon and witch heroes of this tale.

And one… well, let’s just say he shares more in common with the vampire enemy of lore than that hard-working Disney dwarf you may think of.

The Witch Thief is part of my Unbound series for Harlequin Nocturne.

Today, I’m giving away paperback copies of the first three books in the series: Unbound, Guardian’s Keep and Wild Hunt to one winner.

For more information on this series and all of my books, visit my web site at http://www.loridevoti.com. While you are there, sign up for my newsletter. I give away a prize every month to one subscriber!

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Giveaway information: To enter, please leave a comment below. Contest is open to residents of the United States and Canada. We’ll be taking entries until 11:59 pm EST on May 7. A winner will be chosen from the comments by random number draw and announced on May 8. For full official rules, click here. UPDATE: The giveaway is now closed.

If you’re a fan of Harlequin Teen and author Julie Kagawa, you may have already heard this awesome news…

Julie’s new Blood of Eden series, including the first book The Immortal Rules (now on sale) has been optioned for a movie!

Palomar Pictures and producer Joni Sighvatsson have secured film rights for the book and the Blood of Eden series. To read the full press release, click here and like the Harlequin Teen Facebook page. Cross your fingers that we’ll see The Immortal Rules on the big screen!

The Immortal Rules is set in a future world where humanity, decimated by a deadly virus, exists merely as a food source and slave class to an elite society of vampires. When a young woman, a survivor who dreams of the day humanity will rise up against their supernatural masters, is turned into a vampire, she is forced to choose between becoming what she despises or helping those who would destroy her.

What do you think of the potential Blood of Eden movie? Which actors would make up your dream cast?

p.s. Don’t forget there are still a few stops left in The Immortal Rules blog your and time to enter the grand-prize giveaway of a Kindle Touch with Immortal Rules skin! Click here for the tour schedule (with links) and the giveaway entry form.

Check out these paranormal romance and fantasy novels hitting the shelves this month from Harlequin!

A Wolf’s Heart by Vivi Anna (Harlequin Nocturne)

Desire can be deadly.

Gabriel Bellmonte knows that better than anyone. He let his first love slip away, while loyalty to his kind kept him in Nouveau Monde fighting crime. But now the seasoned Lycan investigator has been handed his toughest assignment yet.

“Shadow Elise Leroy’s every move” is his order from above—something Gabriel will do with pleasure. Except his lingering attraction for Elise could be his downfall. She has returned a glamorous, successful woman, who now finds herself the target of a twisted stalker…and in need of 24-hour protection.

Gabriel is skilled at what he does, but he’ll need to sharpen his fangs against a formidable foe. Because he can’t risk the consequences to his reputation…or to the enticing little diva who has dramatically reclaimed his heart.

The Witch Thief by Lori Devoti (Harlequin Nocturne)

Joarr Enge never believed in the powers of the chalice he was tasked to guard—but he sure as hell wasn’t going to let the captivating witch who’d robbed him escape. Now, a century after her betrayal, Joarr commandeered Amma’s body and blocked her magic. She would spend every moment by his side until the chalice could be found.

Amma had risked everything to uncover the secrets in her past—even the rage of her powerful and mysterious dragon lover. But as Joarr’s passionate fire tempted her to dream of a future with him, could their magic unite two separate worlds for the most precious thing of all…their son?

The Prophet by Amanda Stevens (book 3 of The Graveyard Queen series, MIRA Books)

My name is Amelia Gray.

I am the Graveyard Queen, a cemetery restorer who sees ghosts. My father passed down four rules to keep me safe and I’ve broken every last one. A door has opened and evil wants me back.

In order to protect myself, I’ve vowed to return to those rules. But the ghost of a murdered cop needs my help to find his killer. The clues lead me to the dark side of Charleston–where witchcraft, root doctors and black magic still flourish–and back to John Devlin, a haunted police detective I should only love from afar.

Now I’m faced with a terrible choice: follow the rules or follow my heart.

The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa (book 1 of The Blood of Eden series, Harlequin Teen)

In a future world, vampires reign. Humans are blood cattle. And one girl will search for the key to save humanity.

Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a vampire city. By day, she and her crew scavenge for food. By night, any one of them could be eaten.

Some days, all that drives Allie is her hatred of them. The vampires who keep humans as blood cattle. Until the night Allie herself is attacked–and given the ultimate choice. Die…or become one of the monsters.

Faced with her own mortality, Allie becomes what she despises most. To survive, she must learn the rules of being immortal, including the most important: go long enough without human blood, and you will go mad.

Then Allie is forced to flee into the unknown, outside her city walls. There she joins a ragged band of humans who are seeking a legend–a possible cure to the disease that killed off most of humankind and created the rabids, the mindless creatures who threaten humans and vampires alike.

But it isn’t easy to pass for human. Especially not around Zeke, who might see past the monster inside her. And Allie soon must decide what–and who–is worth dying for.

Claimed by Desire by Kristin Miller (Harlequin Nocturne Cravings)

Empath Misty Burke only ever wanted one man: dragon shifter Rafe Landon. Their attraction was irresistible, but he was forbidden to love a member of another race and banished her from their island, breaking Misty’s heart.

Misty believes she’s gotten over him since that day—until she’s called home for a mission to help Rafe’s clan. The primal draw between them is as strong as ever, but despite their searing passion, Rafe still refuses to put Misty at risk by claiming her as his rider and mate. Even if it costs him his life….

Hot Demon Nights by Elle James (Harlequin Nocturne Cravings)

Rookie cop Katya Danske didn’t ask to become a member of Manhattan’s Paranormal Investigation Team—or to be partnered with a sexy-as-hell demon. Then a zombie literally drops into her lap and she’s recruited to help Blaise Michaels battle an impending zombie outbreak.

Blaise is as exasperating as he is arousing, but while Katya’s head tells her she should keep her distance, her body wants something else entirely. Forced to work closely together, their investigation takes them into the darkest shadows of the Manhattan underworld—and makes their attraction impossible to deny. But with the zombie threat rising, their hot nights together may be their last….

Reissues – These are titles that were previously on sale, but are now available in a new format or edition.

The Vampire Voss by Colleen Gleason (A Book of the Regency Draculia series, MIRA Books)

Voss, also known as Viscount Dewhurst, relishes the sensual pleasures immortality affords. A member of the Dracule–a cabal of powerful, secretive noblemen marked with a talisman that reveals their bartered souls–the mercenary Voss has remained carefully neutral…until Angelica.

Angelica Woodmore possesses the Sight, an ability invaluable to both sides of a looming war among the Dracule. Her very scent envelops Voss in a scarlet fog of hunger–for her body and her blood. But he is utterly unprepared for the new desire that overcomes him–to protect her.

Now Voss must battle his very nature to be with Angelica…but this vampire never backs down from a fight.

The Twilight Lord by Bertrice Small (The World of Hetar series, MIRA Books)

Lara, Domina of Terah, has mysteriously disappeared while visiting the New Outlands. The Dominus is frantic to find his beloved wife, but when no trace of her can be discovered, Magnus Hauk turns to two strong allies-Prince Kaliq of the Shadows and his mother-in-law, Ilona, the most powerful of the faerie queens. Who has stolen Lara? And why?

In the Dark Lands. Kol, the Twilight Lord, revels in his victory. The faerie woman Lara is now his possession, and her powers will soon help him to conquer first Hetar and then Terah. But the Emperor of Hetar is hatching schemes of his own-having learned of Lara’s disappearance he believes Terah is now vulnerable, and plans to go to war against Magnus Hauk.

The reigning queen of historical romance is delighting readers in a brand-new genre as she brings her trademark passion and sensuality to a land of magic and mystery. See why fans are clamoring for more of Lara and the world of Hetar!

The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross (The Steampunk Chronicles series, Harlequin Teen)

In 1897 England, sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne has no one…except the “thing” inside her.

When a young lord tries to take advantage of Finley, she fights back. And wins. But no normal Victorian girl has a darker side that makes her capable of knocking out a full-grown man with one punch….

Only Griffin King sees the magical darkness inside her that says she’s special, says she’s one of them. The orphaned duke takes her in from the gaslit streets against the wishes of his band of misfits: Emily, who has her own special abilities and an unrequited love for Sam, who is part robot; and Jasper, an American cowboy with a shadowy secret.

Griffin’s investigating a criminal called The Machinist, the mastermind behind several recent crimes by automatons. Finley thinks she can help–and finally be a part of something, finally fit in.

But The Machinist wants to tear Griff’s little company of strays apart, and it isn’t long before trust is tested on all sides. At least Finley knows whose side she’s on–even if it seems no one believes her.