In a smog-choked, gear-driven London ruled by ruthless aristocrats with a dangerous thirst, a guarded young woman strikes a perilous bargain with the notorious lord of the slums. Sparks fly as secrets, steel, and seduction collide. Kiss of Steel blends steampunk grit with dark romance for a pulse-quickening ride through the city’s shadowed underbelly.
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If the vicious Echelon, the blue-blood virus, and Blade ruling Whitechapel from the shadows hooked you in Kiss of Steel, you’ll love the way The Iron Duke throws you into an alternate Britain patrolled by airships and stalked by engineered horrors. Detective Inspector Mina Wentworth’s investigation into a corpse dumped on Rhys Trahaearn’s doorstep tangles them in conspiracies as ruthless as the Echelon’s blood taxes—only here it’s the legacy of the Horde and their terrifying nanoagents. Like Blade, Rhys is a hard-edged power broker, and Mina—much like Honoria—must navigate desire and danger while uncovering a plot that threatens all of London.
If you were captivated by Honoria’s wary, need-based bargain with Blade and the way their attraction smolders into trust amid Whitechapel’s peril, Firelight delivers that same seductive burn. Miranda Ellis hides a dangerous gift much like Honoria hides her past with the Echelon’s virus, and when she’s wed to the masked, cursed Lord Archer, their wary alliance deepens into a passionate partnership. The gothic secrets, late-night investigations, and intimate negotiations will remind you of Honoria and Blade’s knife’s-edge courtship—only with a delicious Beauty-and-the-Beast twist.
If Blade’s reputation as the Devil of Whitechapel—and the way he’ll do brutal things to keep Honoria safe—was a highlight of Kiss of Steel, meet Connor “Mad” Rogan. He’s a telekinetic war hero with Blade’s same ruthless edge, and when he teams up with investigator Nevada Baylor, sparks fly as fast as the bodies. Like Honoria, Nevada pushes back against a domineering protector while matching him move for move. Expect banter, scorching chemistry, and a protector who’ll cross lines—just as Blade does when Whitechapel or Honoria is threatened.
If the Echelon’s blood taxes, human thralls, and aristocrats feeding off the poor made Kiss of Steel so compelling, Gilded Cage amplifies that outrage. In an alternate Britain, the magically "Skilled" elite consign commoners to years of servitude—mirroring the way blue bloods exploit Whitechapel. The Hadley family’s forced labor and the Silyen Jardine power games echo Honoria’s precarious position and Blade’s turf politics, drilling deep into the same themes of inequality, leverage, and rebellion.
If the blood-harvesting labs, alleyway ambushes, and fog-choked menace of Whitechapel in Kiss of Steel stuck with you, The Immorality Engine walks you into even darker corners. Investigators Sir Maurice Newbury and Veronica Hobbes chase a string of macabre deaths tied to a clandestine operation trafficking in bodies and souls—evoking the Echelon’s experiments with the blue-blood virus and the violent reprisals Blade doles out to protect his people. It’s Victorian noir with a steampunk pulse and the same shadowy conspiracies gnawing beneath high society.
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