Esme Smith and Jed Reeve are getting married. The unlikely pairing of an Australian suffragette and an American inventor is set to be the wedding of the year—until the Gypsy Oracle arrives in town, a man is killed, Jed is hopelessly compromised and Esme has to save her man and survive…Grandma!

From the Author

I love writing my Bustlepunk Chronicles. Setting them in Western Australia in the 1890s not only gave me a chance to use my history degree -- see, it was useful, 20 years later ;) -- it also revealed a freaky family coincidence.I learned that in 1895, the year of Esme and Jed's adventures in the Chronicles, my great-grandfather was one of the thousands of men and women who poured into Western Australia chasing the dream of gold and unbelievable wealth.Sadly, neither the wealth nor the gold (not even a sprinkle of gold dust) materialised, but Great-Granddad did spend decades working on the railways that opened up the state. He also built his family's home near one, and I spent my childhood visiting, walking through the orchard and avoiding splashing in the creek -- the rumour was leeches! So there's a family connection, in a strange way, to the fictional steampunk world I've created. I hope you enjoy it.