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About the Series[]

  • Genres: Gaslamp, Paranormal Romance, Paranormal Mystery
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Series Description[]

from Book 1:

India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiancé took her inheritance, and no one will employ her, despite years working for her watchmaker father. Indeed, the other London watchmakers seem frightened of her. Alone, poor, and at the end of her tether, India takes employment with the only person who'll accept her - an enigmatic and mysterious man from America. A man who possesses a strange watch that rejuvenates him when he's ill.

Matthew Glass must find a particular watchmaker, but he won't tell India why any old one won't do. Nor will he tell her what he does back home, and how he can afford to stay in a house in one of London's best streets. So when she reads about an American outlaw known as the Dark Rider arriving in England, she suspects Mr. Glass is the fugitive. When danger comes to their door, she's certain of it. But if she notifies the authorities, she'll find herself unemployed and homeless again - and she will have betrayed the man who saved her life.

Books in order[]

  1. The Watchmaker's Daughter (Glass and Steele Book 1) (2016)
  2. The Mapmaker's Apprentice (Glass and Steele Book 2) (2016)
  3. The Apothecary's Poison (Glass and Steele Book 3) (2017)
  4. The Magician's Diary (Glass and Steele Book 4) (2017)
  5. The Convent's Secret (Glass and Steele Book 5) (2018)
  6. The Ink Master's Silence (Glass and Steele Book 6) (2018)
  7. The Cheater's Game (Glass and Steele Book 7) (2019)
  8. The Prisoner's Key (Glass and Steele Book 8) (2019)
  9. The Imposter's Inheritance (Glass and Steele Book 9) (2020)
  10. The Kidnapper's Accomplice (Glass and Steele Book 10) (2020)
  11. The Toymaker's Curse (Glass and Steele Book 11) (2021)
  12. The Spy Master's Scheme (Glass and Steele Book 12) (2021)
  13. The Goldsmith's Conspiracy (Glass and Steele Book 13) (2022) - finale

Shorts[]

  • The Traitor's Gamble: A Glass and Steele Short Story (Glass and Steele Book 0.50) (2017)

World Building[]

Setting[]

Alternate London during the Gas lamp era.

Fantasy Elements[]

Magic

World[]


Protagonist[]

India Steele
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Matthew Glass
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Book Descriptions[]

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The Watchmaker's Daughter (Glass and Steele Book 1) (2016)
India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiancé took her inheritance, and no one will employ her, despite years working for her watchmaker father. Indeed, the other London watchmakers seem frightened of her. Alone, poor, and at the end of her tether, India takes employment with the only person who'll accept her - an enigmatic and mysterious man from America. A man who possesses a strange watch that rejuvenates him when he's ill.
The Mapmaker's Apprentice (Glass and Steele Book 2) (2016)
When an apprentice from the Mapmakers' Guild goes missing, Matt and India are employed to find him. Going undercover as a married couple, they discover that not everyone at the guild is what they seem, and the lad's unearthly maps caused jealousy, suspicion and fear.
The Apothecary's Poison (Glass and Steele Book 3) (2017)
When a newspaper report of a medical miracle catches Matt's eye, he and India go in search of Dr. Hale in the hope he is more magical doctor than miracle worker and can lead them to Chronos. But Hale turns out to be an apothecary magician keen to educate the public about magic.
The Magician's Diary (Glass and Steele Book 4) (2017)
India and Matt thought all their problems would come to an end once they found Chronos. But the watch magician brings with him as many questions as answers, and a load of trouble. To fix Matt's magic watch, they must find an old diary that once belonged to a doctor magician murdered decades ago. The hunt drags them into a sordid mystery involving two of London's craft guilds. With old and new enemies determined to stop them, and long-held secrets unearthed, Matt and India must work together better than ever.
The Convent's Secret (Glass and Steele Book 5) (2018)
To find the one man who can fix the magic in Matt’s watch, he and India are led to a convent where the nuns will do anything to keep their secrets private. Including murder? Matt and India must uncover the truth behind the disappearance of the mother superior and two babies given to her care many years ago. But sometimes, the truth is painful and its exposure can have deadly consequences.
The Ink Master's Silence (Glass and Steele Book 6) (2018)
It should be a happy time for India and Matt, but forces beyond their control conspire to ruin their future. A distraction from their troubles comes in the form of murder.
When the editor of The Weekly Gazette is killed, controversial journalist and ink magician Oscar Barratt asks India and Matt to investigate. As the recipient of threatening letters written on magic paper, he believes he was the intended target. With suspects ranging from Oscar’s brother to guild masters and London’s elite, India and Matt have a lot of investigating to do.
The Cheater's Game (Glass and Steele Book 7) (2019)
The arrival of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show in London brings trouble. When the sharpshooter who beats Willie at poker is murdered, Matt and India investigate. Willie is convinced the victim cheated, but no one knows how until India discovers his secret - he was a paper magician.
When their list of suspects grows to include a member of the mysterious magic Collector's Club, they uncover a spy. But who is he working for? And what does his employer want?
The Prisoner's Key (Glass and Steele Book 8) (2019)
India's study into the language of spells is interrupted by the arrest of her teacher for an unpaid debt. Before Matt can repay it for him, the powerful magician escapes from his prison cell. To make matters worse, the moneylender is murdered and the magician is implicated.
Convinced of his innocence, India and Matt must discover who really killed the moneylender before the police find the magician. Their investigation leads them down a path littered with lies, betrayal, scandal, and interference from people they don't trust.
The Imposter's Inheritance (Glass and Steele Book 9) (2020)
A sordid scandal rocks the Glass household and threatens to ruin Matt's family unless he can suppress it. But after word gets out, and a rare magical coronet is stolen, he and India find themselves scrambling to recover the heirloom and suppress the gossip before reputations are ruined.
The Kidnapper's Accomplice (Glass and Steele Book 10) (2020)
To investigate the source of gossip about Cyclops, Willie does the unthinkable – she dons a dress. However her plan goes awry when she’s kidnapped by a disgruntled magician with the power to detonate gunpowder at will. The magician forces India and Matt to race all over London in the hunt for her before the bombs go off.
The Toymaker's Curse (Glass and Steele Book 11) (2021)
After a toymaker magician gives a lecture at a collector’s club soiree, an important spell is stolen and a man is found strangled. The investigation into his murder leads India and Matt to the colorful and dangerous world of the Romany gypsy where curses are used as weapons against their enemies.
The Spy Master's Scheme (Glass and Steele Book 12) (2021)
With knowledge of magic becoming more widespread in London, magicians find themselves highly sought after. Consumers want to buy their wares and so seek out magicians among their acquaintance. India’s rare magic is in demand from Matt’s family, the Collector’s Club, and other magicians who want her to extend their magic.
The Goldsmith's Conspiracy (Glass and Steele Book 13) (2022)
Tensions between the artless and magicians are flaring, but India and Matt discover someone is deliberately fuelling the flames. Relentlessly pursuing his own agenda, Lord Coyle employs the former master of the Watchmaker’s Guild to make trouble and be a thorn in India’s side.

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