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Who would give a humble store clerk a second glance? Not the richest man in the city… not without good reason. Larissa Markus doesn’t think to question why the charismatic Professor is treating her to a whirlwind romance. When that romance explodes in her face, she is lead down a tumultuous path of adventure, intrigue, love and violence.

Airships, pirates, corsets, torture, murder, and more await in the first novel of the Blood and Destiny Series. The Machine is an adult steampunk fantasy book. Possible triggers are present within the book including but not limited to sex, murder, torture, and violence.