Queen Victoria's court knows Charlotte Sycamore as the mild-mannered sixteen-year-old daughter of Her Majesty's royal surgeon. Yet Charlotte has a penchant for inventing new gadgets, and most nights she sneaks out to sword fight with her best friends, Peter and Jillian. When the three are mauled by what look like rabid dogs, Charlotte is forced to hide both her friends and her own injury. As her symptoms worsen and people are murdered across London, she embarks on a race against time to find the antidote and ultimately save the queen's life. Full of action, a luxe royal court, engineered beasts, and a good dose of humor, this steampunk novel is a masterful blend of science fiction, fantasy, and alternative history.
I have a secret identity and everyone at the Palace is after me. I’m Charlotte, sixteen years old, budding inventor of remarkable scientific contraptions, self-taught in medicine, and a thief. Not even my father is on my side. We live in the luxury of the Queen’s Palace, and he’s committed to his work as Her Majesty’s royal surgeon. The trouble is, after midnight, I sneak out of the Palace with my best friends, taking medicines and supplies that belong to the Queen, to help the poor. If I’m caught, they’ll send me to the gallows. I can’t allow them to capture me or my loyal friends. It doesn’t help that I’m fascinated by—and torn between—Peter and Benjamin, who both swear to protect me. To make matters worse, a criminal scientist has unleashed menacing mechanical dogs, infected with rabies, to terrorize the gaslamp filled streets of London. My friends and I are bitten and face a grueling death. We must race to find an antidote, defend Victorian England from the horrific beasts, and save the Queen from the twisted inventor. How can my friends and I escape the dangers round every turn? We have no one to rely upon except ourselves. “High action, tangled romance, and a spirited heroine. My perfect recipe for a great read.” Kelley Armstrong, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Escape into Charlotte’s extraordinary world of young adult scifi fantasy. With budding romance, and teen action adventure in this YA science fiction mystery from USA TODAY bestselling author, Kate Bridges. *This book was previously published as The Incredible Charlotte Sycamore, under the author’s pen name Kate Maddison. Enjoy the complete two-book series, from Charlotte’s Teen Fantasy Adventure: Book 1. The Incredible Charlotte Sycamore Book 2. The Incredible Charlotte Sycamore And The Secret Traps
A reward has been offered for my head. They’ve nicknamed me the Robin Hood Surgeon. Surrounded by fascinating inventions and mechanical creatures, I’m desperately trying to hide my secret identity. My father, royal surgeon to the Queen, is unaware that his seemingly timid daughter, Charlotte, is the treasonous thief who’s stealing his medical supplies to treat the poor. Now I’m accused of an additional crime—the mysterious theft of two royal horses. I didn’t take the animals, I swear. I’m forced to choose between my dutiful respect for my father and the pull of my closest friends—including the hidden affections with my handsome and devoted ally. How am I to remain by his side when my father has arranged my possible marriage to an older stranger who’s out at sea? While my friends and I sword fight through the dangerous, gaslamp filled streets of Victorian London, and battle alongside a giant mechanical serpent to find the beautiful missing horses, we struggle for our lives. Will anyone listen to my suspicions? Or has everyone underestimated me and my loyal friends and our brilliant abilities to solve the mysteries of the Palace? “…riveting reading.” Booklist Join Charlotte’s exciting quest to uncover the truth in this YA fantasy mystery. Filled with spellbinding action, a romance dilemma, and unforgettable friends—in the thrilling, science fiction teen world from USA TODAY bestselling author, Kate Bridges. *This book was previously published as The Incredible Charlotte Sycamore And The Secret Traps, under the author’s pen name Kate Maddison. Enjoy the complete two-book series, from Charlotte’s Teen Fantasy Adventure: Book 1. The Incredible Charlotte Sycamore Book 2. The Incredible Charlotte Sycamore And The Secret Traps
Meet HARRISON, the most eligible bachelor in town, and his unexpected runaway bride. Harrison Rowlan is opening a tavern in the promising town of Eagle’s Cliff, Alaska, recovering from his knife wounds and two years on the run. He doesn’t need more trouble. When Willa Somerset, fleeing from danger, arrives in a torn wedding gown to apply as his new bartender, his initial reaction is no thanks. But when Willa convinces him of her talents in pouring drinks and running a bar, he vows to stay away from asking too many intimate questions. Willa has secrets of her own and tries to handle her personal jeopardy without involving her new boss. If only she didn’t feel the powerful temptation when Harrison pulls her into his seductive arms and kisses her well past midnight… All of the books in this sexy historical romance series are standalone novels. Don't miss any of these exciting ALASKA COWBOYS and MOUNTIES, by USA TODAY bestselling author Kate Bridges! Book 1: COLT Book 2: LUKE Book 3: DYLAN Book 4: WESTON Book 5: QUINN Book 6: BRANT Book 7: HARRISON Book 8: JAMES Book 9: JOHN Book 10: WYATT Praise for HARRISON: “There is nothing better than traveling to Alaska in the pages of a Kate Bridges book.” -CataRomance “There’s nothing hotter in these cold locales than her stories laced with humor, passion and danger.” RT Book Reviews “When Kate Bridges’ pen hits the page she creates magic.” -The Best Reviews
Amazing heroes and passionate romance on the wild frontier of the Klondike Gold Rush! In this special box set from USA TODAY bestselling author Kate Bridges, you’ll find Books 8, 9 and 10 in the award-winning Alaska Cowboys and Mounties series. Wonderfully romantic and sexy western historical romances! Book 8: JAMES (a novella) Meet JAMES, a tough Mountie who’s protecting a little baby during the Christmas season, and Maggie, a onetime love who’s determined to help. On a dangerously snowy December evening, Mountie James Fielder risks his life to bring a lost baby to Maggie Greerson’s doorstep. For James, seeing Maggie again is a heartache and raw reminder of their past. She’s now a captivating woman as the owner of a spice shop and an independent young widow, and likely doesn’t reminisce much about him. Maggie is painfully aware that he walked away from her once and can’t be trusted to stay this time. Book 9: JOHN (a novella) Meet JOHN from Alaska, and his wrong mail-order bride. Rugged John Colburne, owner of the local livery stables, is lonely in Alaska and writes away for a mail-order bride. The last thing he expects is an embarrassing mix-up with a beautiful woman. Sophie Grant, a newly trained midwife, nervously steps onto the docks of Skagway. She doesn’t know how to tell John that his first choice for a bride has changed her mind. Sophie is here to marry him instead. If John will have her. Book 10: WYATT (full length novel) Meet Wyatt, a hardened rancher in Alaska, who gets a second chance with a lost love. When Emma Sinclair steps back into his lonely life in Alaska, horse rancher Wyatt Barlow can’t believe the timid wallflower has blossomed into such a lovely woman. She’s a dedicated doctor, no less, on the new frontier. Ignoring Emma is near impossible, for she’s here to help his pregnant daughter and seems determined to reunite their feuding families. For Emma, seeing Wyatt again has reignited all the agony and bliss of her adolescent fantasies when she had secretly loved, and lost, Wyatt. "Beautiful, compelling, with an ending to make anyone's heart sing. Wow!" -Bell Book & Candle on WYATT Each book is an exciting standalone story. Don’t miss any of these incredible heroes! Box Set 1: Alaska Cowboys and Mounties Books 1-4 Box Set 2: Alaska Cowboys and Mounties Books 5-7 Box Set 3: Alaska Cowboys and Mounties Books 8-10
Discover spellbinding, award-winning love stories in this special frontier romance collection from USA TODAY bestselling author, Kate Bridges. Enjoy the daring romantic adventures of rugged Mountie heroes and the smart, brave women they fall in love with! Book 4: PROTECTING VIRGINIA (full length novel) When Virginia is jilted at the altar, her former fiancé’s brother Zack, a rugged Mountie, proposes a marriage of convenience. For Mountie Inspector Zack Bullock, marrying his brother’s cast-off bride would fulfill his family obligations. Zack could marry Dr. Virginia Waters and not get emotionally involved. Their marriage of convenience would have other benefits. He could continue his risky work as a detective, and she could blossom in her role as a new doctor. However, the awkward girl that Zack recalls has grown into a stunning, desirable woman. Book 5: GUARDING JESSICA (full length novel) In this enemies to lovers romance, Jessica and a daunting Mountie are forced to travel together on a perilous secret mission. Jessica Haven desperately needs Mountie Travis Reid to escort her across the Rocky Mountains in secret search for the infant she’s lost. No one else believes her story, and the cold-hearted Mountie who doesn’t think much of her is her last hope. Book 6: LONGING FOR JULIA (full length novel) When Julia advertises for a husband, a bad-boy-turned-Mountie from her past shows up in town. Julia O’Shea could use a rugged man by her side as she’s running her busy newspaper in Calgary and raising her young son alone. The young widow’s unique solution is to advertise for a gentleman husband. She’s dismayed when Ryan Reid arrives. Ryan loved and left her ten years ago. To everyone’s surprise, the black sheep of the Reid family has returned as an upstanding Mountie surgeon and commander. “For a romance that will leave you breathless and believing in the perfect man, be sure not to miss the latest Mountie adventure by Kate Bridges." Romance Reviews Today on PROTECTING VIRGINIA. Each book is an intriguing standalone story. Get MOUNTIE BRIDES BOOKS 4-6 today, and escape into the passionate world of this riveting sexy western historical collection!
Time separates us, and red dice reunite us. From sixteen-year-old Luke: Jennifer’s a girl I met in high school last year. Somehow, we got mixed up on the roster and were assigned to the same locker. Neither of us switched. It was our private joke. We got to know each other—Jennifer’s amazing. Then one day, her side of the locker was cleared out and she was gone. The past year’s been brutal on many levels. The great news is that I’m strong and fearless again after an unexpected illness. I’m in remission, my treatments are over, I’m learning to handle my weird family, and I’ll do anything to find Jennifer. Using magical red dice, nicknamed “Vegas apples,” I’ve got a secret chance to travel through time to change three mistakes I’ve made in my past. I know the first mistake I’ll try to correct. I never kissed Jennifer Marks. No one ever gets a second chance at a first kiss. How am I supposed to do this? Time travel. How will I find Jennifer? “Luke seemed so real to me. He has a boyish charm and is relatable with his friends… I love a book that grabs my heart, twists it, yanks it almost out of my chest and then gives me my preferred happy ending.” The Zest Quest Nominated for multiple awards, a powerful, family angst teen romance for readers of all ages—from young adult to multigenerational—by USA TODAY bestselling author, Kate Bridges. The happily ever after ending of this teen high school crush, sweet YA romance will make your heart soar.
MEET WESTON, a Mountie who never thought he would marry, much less be forced to the altar with a gun to his back. Mountie Weston Williams vows to focus on his duties as a new police recruit, and steer clear of Milly Thornbottom. He was quarantined with Milly and her troublesome family last summer during a scare of measles. Now at the Spring Fever Ball, Weston is stunned to see that the shy young woman who had a crush on him is gone. Milly is all grown up, no longer awkward, and has a confidence he finds riveting. When Weston asks her to dance, it leads to a heated kiss and passionate embrace, witnessed by her father. Weston is marched to the altar at gunpoint to protect Milly’s honor. Humiliated, angry at the disastrous wedding and each other, Milly and Weston plunge into a marriage neither is prepared for. Milly questions if she can trust her new husband, not only when he kisses her at night, but in the new unspoken bonds she’s desperately hoping will develop into love. (Please note: WESTON is a novella, shorter than a full-length novel.) All of the books in this sexy, western historical romance series are standalone novels. Don't miss any of these exciting ALASKA COWBOYS and MOUNTIES, by USA TODAY bestselling author Kate Bridges! Book 1: COLT Book 2: LUKE Book 3: DYLAN Book 4: WESTON Book 5: QUINN Book 6: BRANT Book 7: HARRISON Book 8: JAMES Book 9: JOHN Book 10: WYATT Praise for WESTON: "Time after time she brings the Klondike to life...incorporating humor, sensuality and high adventure." -RT Books Reviews “Her characters leap off the pages, especially those gorgeous Mounties!” -Romance Reviews Today “Kate Bridges is a master when it comes to writing.” -Writers Unlimited
Will Amanda's new life be torn apart if she reveals her tender secret and opens her heart to Chase? Midwife Amanda Ryan moves to a beautiful Rocky Mountain town after a heartbreaking family loss, optimistic and hopeful for a new start. She doesn’t expect a run-in with the tall and handsome owner of the town’s lumber mill, former Mountie, Chase Murdock. Who is he to claim that her new cabin is actually his cabin, declaring she’s been swindled by the same crook who just fleeced his lumber mill? She insists she has papers to verify she bought the home, fair and square. Setting out to prove each other wrong, Chase and Amanda can’t risk getting emotionally entangled. He’s had it with dishonest people, and she's hiding something. Yet, their time together is lively and filled with laughter. Unexpected kisses turn into passion. Their intimacy builds into something much deeper, but Amanda’s not ready to move forward after all the heartache she’s suffered in the past. Bravely and silently dealing with the loss of her own baby and resulting infertility, then her shocking divorce, Amanda nurtures the other women in town. She can’t have children and wonders if she could ever be the wife that Chase deserves. Falling in love with Chase means risking her heart. Or is he a stronger man, a kinder man, than Amanda might imagine? Enjoy this wonderfully romantic story by USA TODAY bestselling and award-winning author, Kate Bridges. It’s the PREQUEL to the spellbinding Mountie Brides series. Can also be read as a standalone book. “This is a lovely story and delightfully romantic. Ms. Bridges is in a class all her own.” Old Book Barn Gazette
Fascinating characters, irresistible romance and frontier adventure in the Klondike Gold Rush! In this special box set from USA TODAY bestselling author Kate Bridges, you’ll find three full-length novels (Books 5-7) in the award-winning Alaska Cowboys and Mounties series. Enjoy these sexy western historical romances! Book 5: QUINN (full length novel) Meet QUINN, an outlaw who goes to a masquerade ball, in critical need of medical help. Daring bad boy Quinn Rowlan desperately needs a nurse for his wounded brother. Since Quinn’s face is mistakenly plastered on Wanted posters all over Alaska, he can’t risk asking nicely. Autumn MacNeil is a singer disguised as a nurse at the masquerade ball. When Quinn and his men take her at midnight, she swears she doesn’t know a thing about knife wounds. Quinn doesn’t believe she’s not a nurse—at first—then has to find a way to release her to safety. Only problem is, he’s falling for her. Book 6: BRANT (full length novel) Meet BRANT, handsome bodyguard to Victoria, a nurse he once betrayed and now must protect. Brant MacQuaid has secret reasons of his own for taking the challenging Victoria Windhaven on a dangerous medical mission through Alaskan wilderness. He used to know the exasperating woman, but after leaving the lower states, he thought he left her and her demanding family behind. Victoria can’t forgive him for deserting her sister at the altar. Brant should keep to himself and do the job he’s been hired for—protecting her and a young medical student from dangerous threats that intensify at every turn. Book 7: HARRISON (full length novel) Meet HARRISON, the most eligible bachelor in town, and his unexpected runaway bride. Harrison Rowlan is opening a tavern in the promising town of Eagle’s Cliff, Alaska, recovering from his knife wounds and two years on the run. He doesn’t need more trouble. When Willa Somerset, fleeing from danger, arrives in a torn wedding gown to apply as his new bartender, his initial reaction is no thanks. But Willa convinces him of her talents in pouring drinks and running a bar…. "Brimming with humor, suspense...a feisty heroine and a hunky hero, this book is a keeper." -Romance Junkies on BRANT Each book is an exciting standalone story. Don’t miss any of these passionate heroes! Box Set 1: Alaska Cowboys and Mounties Books 1-4 Box Set 2: Alaska Cowboys and Mounties Books 5-7 Box Set 3: Alaska Cowboys and Mounties Books 8-10
