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description: Jack the Ripper might be in town. But is marriage more terrifying? In an alternate Deep South in 1890 society reporter Adele de la Pointe wants to make her own way in the world despite her familys pressure to become a society wife. Hoping to ruin herself as a matrimonial prospect she seizes the opportunity to cover the recent Jack the Ripper-style murders for the newspaper but her father's dashing new intern suggests a more terrifying headlinemarriage.Dr. Phillip Rawleys most daring exploit has been arriving at his new home in America in a hot air balloon. A tolerable sacrifice if it means he can secure the hand of his new employers daughter in a marriage of convenience. But Adele works she's spirited and she has an armored pet monkey running her errands. Not only does she not match his notions of a proper lady she stirs up feelings hed rather keep in tight control.With Adele hunting down a headline and Dr. Rawley trying to protect and pursue her a serial killer is spreading panic throughout Mobile Alabama. Can Adele and Rawley find the murderer face their fears and discover true love?
language: English
title: Steam Me Up, Rawley
publisher: Angela Quarles