Blurb:
The seventeenth novel in the magical alternate
history Elemental Masters series follows Amelia Stonehold and Serena Meleva as
they navigate property acquisition, marriage proposals, and other ancient
horrors in Regency England, but with the help of elemental magic
The year is 1815, and an American, Miss Amelia Stonehold, has arrived in the
Devon town of Axminster, accompanied by her "cousin" Serena Meleva.
She’s brought with her a list to tick off: find a property, investigate the
neighbors, bargain for and purchase the property, staff the property
and...possibly...find a husband. But Amelia soon finds herself contending with
some decidedly off-list trouble, including the Honorable Captain Harold
Roughtower, whose eyes are fixed on her fortune. Little does Amelia know that
his plans for her wealth extend far beyond refurbishing his own crumbing estate
— they include the hidden Roman temple of Glykon, where something very old,
very angry, and very dangerous still lurks.
But Roughtower isn’t prepared to reckon with the fact that neither Amelia nor
Serena are pushovers. And he certainly isn’t ready for the revelation that he
has an Earth Master and a Fire Mage on his hands — or that one of them is a
shapeshifter.
My review:
A delightful change of pace. Two young women from America post
War of 1812 visit England on a mix of business and pleasure and of course find
trouble. I loved learning more about this period in history from a womans point
of view. Amelia and Serena are interesting and while this book doesn’t quite
have the frenetic pace of earlier entries of this series there was enough to
keep me goggeling at the world presented. A fascinating bit of intrigue.
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