Her uncle’s pet and her mother's trial, Elizabeth Bennet has always been… different. Blessed with a quick mind and a knack for all things mechanical, sometimes the simplest things—like love—are harder for her to fix.
Fitzwilliam Darcy is anything but simple. A gentleman by birth but an engineer at heart, he wastes no time in dismantling Elizabeth’s secret. The gentleman, however, has secrets of his own that cause him to linger, to falter, and then to risk everything.
A chance journey with Elizabeth’s uncle to Mr Bingley’s factory in Birmingham had seemed the ideal opportunity to indulge her fascination without risk to her reputation. But a lady of gentle birth and modest means must never tinker with machinery, and most certainly should not have grease on her cheek.
What began as a mechanical challenge becomes a personal test when rioters and old enemies turn the tables. Can Elizabeth and Darcy work together, or will the gears spin out of control? Love and Other Machines is a clean Regency novella of 20,000 words.
Alix James is a best-selling Austenesque author with nearly 30 books in print.
Always on the go as a wife, mom, and small business owner, she rarely has time to read a whole novel... but somehow she manages to write them! She loves coffee with the sunrise and being outdoors with kids and horses. When she does get free time, she likes to read, camp, dream up romantic adventures, and tries to avoid housework.
Each Alix James Story is a clean Regency Variation with a guaranteed happy ending, no infidelity, and heroes you can fall in love with.