Book description
In 1897 London, sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne has no one &except
the thing inside her. When a young lord tries to take advantage of
Finley, she fights back. And wins. But no normal Victorian girl has a
darker side that makes her capable of knocking out a fullgrown man with
one punch. . . . Only Griffin King sees the magical darkness inside her
that says she s special, says she s one of them. The orphaned duke takes
her in from the gaslit streets against the wishes of his band of
misfits: Emily, who has her own special abilities and an unrequited love
for Sam, who is part robot; and Jasper, an American cowboy with a
shadowy secret. Griffin s investigating a criminal called The Machinist,
the mastermind behind several recent crimes by automatons. Finley thinks
she can help and finally be a part of something, finally fit in. But The
Machinist wants to tear Griff s little company of strays apart, and it
isn t long before trust is tested on all sides. At least Finley knows
whose side she s on even if it seems no one believes her. In 1897
London, sixteen-year-old Finley Jayne has no one &except the thing
inside her. When a young lord tries to take advantage of Finley, she
fights back. And wins. But no normal Victorian girl has a darker side
that makes her capable of knocking out a fullgrown man with one punch. .
. . Only Griffin King sees the magical darkness inside her that says she
s special, says she s one of them. The orphaned duke takes her in from
the gaslit streets against the wishes of his band of misfits: Emily, who
has her own special abilities and an unrequited love for Sam, who is
part robot; and Jasper, an American cowboy with a shadowy secret.
Griffin s investigating a criminal called The Machinist, the mastermind
behind several recent crimes by automatons. Finley thinks she can help
and finally be a part of something, finally fit in. But The Machinist
wants to tear Griff s little company of strays apart, and it isn t long
before trust is tested on all sides. At least Finley knows whose side
she s on even if it seems no one believes her.
