The Miss Education of Dr. Exeter (Phaeton Black Romance)
Stone (The Moonstone and Miss Jones, 2012) enriches the mix of clever fun and excitement with a large dollop of erotica in the latest foray into her steampunk world. While the conjoined worlds of 1889 and the present are unraveling, Phaeton Black and the Moonstone are missing, and America Jones is about to give birth to Phaeton’s child. Dr. Exeter and Mia, the orphan he raised, join forces with Phaeton’s scientific friends to find Jones and the stone, both of which are held by a wizard nicknamed Prospero. First, however, Dr. Exeter must help Mia control her power to change into a panther when she’s sexually aroused. Later, after deploying mechanical surveillance insects, they learn that Jones and the stone are somewhere in Prospero’s lair in the sewers of Paris. To get there, they must fight off spectral fiends only to find more dangers awaiting them in subterranean Paris, where America goes into labor. But as they rush to rescue Phaeton, they wonder if Prospero is really the villain they believe he is. --Pat Henshaw