Authors Lex Valentine, Charlie Cochrane, ZA Maxfield, Jason Edding, Jaime Samms, KC Burn and Stephani Hecht are bringing you the Lords of Aether, a steampunk gay romance serial. Coming December 2011! Don’t miss a week!
Story Blurb
In turn of the century London, a handful of men, members of the exclusive Lords of Aether club, discover that the English Empire is under assault by a nebulous enemy. Murders of key figures in the criminal underworld abound and innocent men are framed for the crimes. Government officials change their stance on political issues overnight following the near death experiences of those close to them. Experiments related to aether are covered up. Inventors and others with military knowledge have mysteriously disappeared. Strange banking and finance issues cripple the Empire. As the government’s funds dry up, crime rises, signaling approaching anarchy. Something dire is afoot and disparate clues lead to one dead end after another for the Lords of Aether.
The search for a missing lover becomes the painstaking uncovering of a plot against the world’s governments that begins with the crippling of the English Empire. The Lords of Aether battle their own demons and personal issues as they work together to discover just who is behind the ingenious and nefarious plot. When their investigations lead them to an ancient arcane society they find more chaos and evil than they ever imagined existed. A master criminal with ties to the Imperial family, unlimited wealth and resources, and no conscience leads them down a twisted path of destruction and deception. The Lords of Aether must pool their own resources, call upon their trusted friends and family members and work together to save the Empire and the world.
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Jack’s eyes glinted appreciatively when the motor car pulled up to the curb in front of the DeHaviland townhouse, but he didn’t speak. Grudgingly grateful for his ex-lover’s silence, Anthony got in the car and Jack slid in beside him. Additional gratitude rose in him for the shortness of the ride to the Lords of [...]
It was positively obscene, the thrill Leo’s close proximity shot through Alexi. As was the happy cloud that seemed to surround him as the evening progressed and that nearness remained, like Leo was tethered to him by an invisible cord that stretched no more than a few feet at any given time. “Where did you [...]
Voices outside the cell where Nash paced halted him in mid-step. He flung himself onto the hard bunk and closed his eyes, focusing on the voices. One was his jailer, the little red-headed arsehole who brought him his meals and needled him about being a sodomite. The other voice sounded familiar, but he couldn’t place [...]
Prologue: I wish to make it plain that I am neither a spoon-fed, milksop, dilettante nobleman nor a powdered, painted and pox-ridden molly. Just because a man works in a bakery doesn’t make him a Bakewell Tart. I maintain my employ here because I gave my word to Lord Anthony that I would serve him, [...]
Being that he was the true absolute power in the Empire, and being that his ego matched, or far exceeded what some believed,Victor stepped out onto the balcony dressed and feeling like a king, or at least, the son of a son of a king. His royal purple robe flowed elegantly to the floor, trailing [...]
Byron Wright burst out the door, taking in few deep breaths. Even the fetid, wet air of the city streets were better than the stifling sensation he had inside the ballroom. Obligation. It was a simple word, yet it had become the center of his world and threatened any hope he had for a happy [...]
Cassandra de Haviland knew how to give a party. Anthony had always enjoyed his sister’s soirees in the past, but tonight’s event promised to be one he might never forget. The small thoughts of revenge he’d entertained momentarily when Jack had sat down beside him at the club the night before had grown to immense [...]
Alexi’s entrance to the ball went relatively unremarked, and he was perfectly happy with that. He didn’t have a lot of use for fanfare or have that need so many of his peers seemed to have to be doted on. Not being the centre of attention gave him freedom from the politics his father was [...]
“Brrr.” Emmett shook off his greatcoat and handed it and his hat over to the footman. “Devilish cold out there, tonight.” “Yes, sir,” the footman agreed and swept away. The freckle-faced lad was likely humoring him, but then, the boy had not spent two months in the searing heat of equatorial Africa. There were excellent [...]
Undecided, Jacob Alexander Silsbury glared at the pile of trunks in the corner of his rooms. He had vowed he’d be out of these rooms by spring. One year after he’d finished school, he was still here, spring was upon him, and he wondered if he should at least dig through for his notebooks [...]
Jack’s eyes glinted appreciatively when the motor car pulled up to the curb in front of the DeHaviland townhouse, but he didn’t speak. Grudgingly grateful for his ex-lover’s silence, Anthony got in the car and Jack slid in beside him. Additional gratitude rose in him for the shortness of the ride to the Lords of […]
It was positively obscene, the thrill Leo’s close proximity shot through Alexi. As was the happy cloud that seemed to surround him as the evening progressed and that nearness remained, like Leo was tethered to him by an invisible cord that stretched no more than a few feet at any given time. “Where did you […]
Voices outside the cell where Nash paced halted him in mid-step. He flung himself onto the hard bunk and closed his eyes, focusing on the voices. One was his jailer, the little red-headed arsehole who brought him his meals and needled him about being a sodomite. The other voice sounded familiar, but he couldn’t place […]
Prologue: I wish to make it plain that I am neither a spoon-fed, milksop, dilettante nobleman nor a powdered, painted and pox-ridden molly. Just because a man works in a bakery doesn’t make him a Bakewell Tart. I maintain my employ here because I gave my word to Lord Anthony that I would serve him, […]
Being that he was the true absolute power in the Empire, and being that his ego matched, or far exceeded what some believed,Victor stepped out onto the balcony dressed and feeling like a king, or at least, the son of a son of a king. His royal purple robe flowed elegantly to the floor, trailing […]
Byron Wright burst out the door, taking in few deep breaths. Even the fetid, wet air of the city streets were better than the stifling sensation he had inside the ballroom. Obligation. It was a simple word, yet it had become the center of his world and threatened any hope he had for a happy […]
Cassandra de Haviland knew how to give a party. Anthony had always enjoyed his sister’s soirees in the past, but tonight’s event promised to be one he might never forget. The small thoughts of revenge he’d entertained momentarily when Jack had sat down beside him at the club the night before had grown to immense […]
Alexi’s entrance to the ball went relatively unremarked, and he was perfectly happy with that. He didn’t have a lot of use for fanfare or have that need so many of his peers seemed to have to be doted on. Not being the centre of attention gave him freedom from the politics his father was […]
“Brrr.” Emmett shook off his greatcoat and handed it and his hat over to the footman. “Devilish cold out there, tonight.” “Yes, sir,” the footman agreed and swept away. The freckle-faced lad was likely humoring him, but then, the boy had not spent two months in the searing heat of equatorial Africa. There were excellent […]
Undecided, Jacob Alexander Silsbury glared at the pile of trunks in the corner of his rooms. He had vowed he’d be out of these rooms by spring. One year after he’d finished school, he was still here, spring was upon him, and he wondered if he should at least dig through for his notebooks […]
