Arabella is convinced the more sinister nation of Carabarras is to blame, urged on by a mad scientist seeking revenge. So, she sets out on a perilous airship journey across a variety of exotic locales to save him, and halt the potential world war.
But airship pirates, secret assassins and slave traders aren’t her only trials. The fickle hand of fate has made the captain of the only airship available for charter, the man who left her at the altar. For eight years she's wished him dead. Now he's her only hope.
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Another
scream sounded and then another. A group of people blocked her view and she
didn’t hesitate in pushing them aside. She gasped when she reached a body sprawled
on the floor and noted a trail of red blood tracking from a side room. She
recognized the injured man as Conrad Bellows, her father’s assistant.
Horrified, her champagne glass slipped from her fingers and shattered on the
marble.
She
pushed another man out of her way. What the hell was wrong with everyone
standing around like statues while a man needed help? She knelt at Conrad's
side. A knife protruded from his back but when she put her fingers on his neck
she found him still alive, thank God. He struggled to his side and blinked as
he looked up at her.
“Gone,”
he whispered. “So…sorry, My Lady…gone.”
“Who
is gone, Conrad?” She put a hand on his shoulder as panic shot through her.
“You’re,
fa, fa, father…they took him.”
“What?
Who took him?”
“Ahh,
all in black, don’t know…” He closed his eyes and then slumped on the floor,
unconscious.
Belle
sucked in a sharp breath. She jumped to her feet and spun around. “Someone call
for a doctor and help Mr. Bellows. Where’s my father?”
Lara Nance grew up and lived
in many cites throughout the South. She loves to write in a variety of genres,
but the basis of all of her stories is a great tale that will take you on an
adventure of imagination.
If you want to escape and
lose yourself in a novel, you've come to the right place. Choose your genre and
settle in to be entertained. From thrilling mysteries and steampunk tales, to
paranormal romance and adventure, she's willing to explore a variety of compelling
stories full of danger and suspense, along with a touch of romance.
Having been on the fencing
team in college and now living on a sailboat convinces her that she was a
pirate in another life, or possibly kin to Errol Flynn… However, due to the unfortunate
demise of the romantic pirates of the past, she lives out her fantasies,
thrills and adventures in her stories. Lara loves to weave interesting true
historical tidbits into her fiction which invite the reader to explore further
after the novel is finished.
Currently docked in Norfolk,
Virginia (until the wind changes) Lara enjoys living on her sailboat and spends
time reading, of course writing, indulging a variety of artistic endeavors,
cooking and sailing with her husband, Joe and their Yorkie, Rio.
Link to Website:www.laranance.com
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A review will be forthcoming!
Lara will
be awarding an autographed original map of Arabella's steampunk world to a
randomly drawn commenter at each stop, and a $50 Amazon gift card and an original
steampunk necklace to a randomly drawn commenter during the tour. Also a
steampunk necklace will be awarded to a randomly drawn host.
If people
sign up for her newsletter on her website from Jan 29 - Feb 3, they will be
entered for an autographed copy of her book as well as an original steampunk
necklace.
