Margaret Kingsley’s routine revolves around invention not investigation–until her ordered world springs a gasket.
London, England, 1895
Ambulatory wheelchair user Margaret Kingsley secretly crafts gadgets for the Daughters of Genius Society, a covert team of lady inspectors disguised as harmless bluestocking spinsters. While her fellow inspectors gallivant about London solving crimes, Margaret has been perfectly content assisting from the sidelines–until her expertise is needed to infiltrate the domain of London’s most prolific inventor.
Charles Noble sacrificed his career as a musician to support his family after his father’s stroke. Now he balances ledgers as a secretary by day and tends to his disabled father by night, but he can’t pass up the chance to take a temporary job as event coordinator for a famous inventor commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of his mechanical empire. As strange occurrences cause Charles’ event planning to collide with Margaret’s case, the pair must unravel a plot of sabotage against the inventor’s legacy while also investigating the sparks of attraction between them.
“Utterly charming! What an original and adorable story.”–JEN TURANO, USA Today bestselling author on A Lady’s Guide to Marvels and Misadventure
Little Women meets Inspector Gadget in Angela Bell’s witty romp of brilliant women, whimsical gadgetry, and sweet he-falls-first romance set in the Victorian era with themes of disability representation, women in STEM, light academia, and steampunk.
Author: Angela Bell
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Published: 07/07/2026
Series: A Daughters of Genius Society Novel
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9780764242144
Language: English
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