"Waiting on Wednesday" is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
It lets us all gush about what soon-to-be released books
we are jumping-up-and-down excited for.
by Sarah Henstra
hitting shelves May 5th, 2015
from Penguin Canada
London, 1872.
Seventeen-year-old heiress Leonora Somerville is preparing to be
presented to society -- again. She's strikingly beautiful and going to
be very rich, but Leo has a problem money can't solve. A curious speech
disorder causes her to stutter but also allows her to imitate other
people's voices flawlessly. Servants and ladies alike call her "Mad Miss
Mimic" behind her back...and watch as Leo unintentionally scares off
one potential husband after another.
London in 1872 is also a city gripped by opium fever. Leo's brother-in-law Dr. Dewhurst and his new business partner Francis Thornfax are frontrunners in the race to patent an injectable formula of the drug. Friendly, forthright, and as a bonus devastatingly handsome, Thornfax seems immune to the gossip about Leo's "madness." But their courtship is endangered from the start. The mysterious Black Glove opium gang is setting off explosions across the city. The street urchins Dr. Dewhurst treats are dying of overdose. And then there is Tom Rampling, the working-class boy Leo can't seem to get off her mind.
As the violence closes in around her Leo must find the links between the Black Glove's attacks, Tom's criminal past, the doctor's dangerous cure, and Thornfax's political ambitions. But first she must find her voice.
London in 1872 is also a city gripped by opium fever. Leo's brother-in-law Dr. Dewhurst and his new business partner Francis Thornfax are frontrunners in the race to patent an injectable formula of the drug. Friendly, forthright, and as a bonus devastatingly handsome, Thornfax seems immune to the gossip about Leo's "madness." But their courtship is endangered from the start. The mysterious Black Glove opium gang is setting off explosions across the city. The street urchins Dr. Dewhurst treats are dying of overdose. And then there is Tom Rampling, the working-class boy Leo can't seem to get off her mind.
As the violence closes in around her Leo must find the links between the Black Glove's attacks, Tom's criminal past, the doctor's dangerous cure, and Thornfax's political ambitions. But first she must find her voice.
My thoughts: So as you can see, this one is already out in Canada, but it's not anywhere that I can get it, at least not without paying large shipping fees lol. So here I wait :) For it to get picked up by a US publisher (because it sounds awesome and why wouldn't it get picked up?) or for it to be available on BookDepository. Sigh. This sounds really good. Plus, gorgeous cover---simple, but I love its subtle significance to the story!
