Gilded: The St. Croix Chronicles
By (Author) Karina Cooper
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Avon Books
17th January 2013
United States
Paperback
384
Width 106mm, Height 173mm, Spine 28mm
200g
In the gleaming heights of Victorian London, a world of deception awaits an unconventional Society lady whose taste for adventure makes her a most formidable adversary . . .
Though Society demands that I make a good marriage, I, Cherry St. Croix, have neither the time nor the interest. I am on the trail of a murder with no victim, a mystery with no motive, and the key to an alchemical formula that could be my family's legacy.
Yet the world is not so kind as to let me pursue simple murder and uncomplicated bounties. Above the foggy drift, an earl insists on my attention, while my friends watch my increasingly desperate attempts to remain my own woman. From the silken demands of the Midnight Menagerieto whose dangerously seductive ringmaster I owe a debtto the rigorous pressures of the peerage, all are conspiring to place before me a choice that will forever change my life.
After writing happily ever afters for her friends in school, Karina Cooper eventually grew up (sort of), got a real job (kind of), then decided that making stuff up was way more fun (true!). She is known for an intense, gritty voice, and her award winningSt. Croix Chronicleshas been nominated for multiple RT Reviewers Choice Awards. Karina is a gamer, a borderline hermit, and an activist. She co-exists with a husband, a menagerie and a severe coffee habit.