In this dystopian paranormal, ace mechanic Elspeth Shutterhouse's plans backfire when she decommissions a machine that belongs to the handsome scion of a powerful Londo City family.Chosen to marry a complete stranger, Elspeth Shutterhouse must enter the marriage machine, which will destroy her ambitions, dull her personality, and turn her into a drone. Instead of following the dictates of her repressive society, Elspeth puts everything on the line to destroy the machine. But a wrench is thrown into the works when she comes face-to-face with the one person who might be able to outwit her...irresistably handsome Mark Ramsay, the scion of the powerful family that invented the machine.

Finalist—6th Annual Launchpad Prose Contest!When Jessica French sees the Masked Artist on Dutch television, she's convinced the performer is her dead sister. But how could that be? Olivia died in Amsterdam two years ago. They cremated her. Or did they?There's only one way to find out. Jessica flies to Amsterdam, but the reclusive artist refuses to see anyone. She values her privacy—and fears the man who stalks her.Is the artist really Olivia? If she is, why did she fake her own death and put her family through two years of grief, misery, and pain?What begins as a simple reconnaissance mission turns into a desperate search for the truth—and a deadly game of cat and mouse. Can Jessica find the artist before the stalker does?To get answers, Jessica must risk everything—including her life.

A maidservant masquerading as her dead mistress in 1765 London falls into the clutches of a scheming Scotsman.