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Lady Doctor Wyre

de Joely Sue Burkhart

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A dangerous technology could conquer the universe. Love could set it free. Jane Austen Space Opera, Book 1 Charlotte, Duchess of Wyre, once held the Queen's highest confidence--and the technological secret that keeps the royal heart beating. Fearful of what atrocities that Britannia might commit with her research, Charlotte turned to the galaxy's most infamous assassin, Lord Sigmund Regret, to stage her own death. Even without the simplest of luxuries, seven years hiding in the Americus colony is preferable to one day in the Tower of Londinium. Until a bounty hunter's bullet forces her to revive her research. Now the same nanobots that keep the Queen alive also run rampant in Lord Regret's body. Making his yearly Solstice visits increasingly...intimate...and complicating her courtship with the safe and honorable Sheriff Gilead Masters. When the Americus colony declares independence, and her humble sheriff makes a shocking confession, Charlotte has had enough. Weary of running, tired of living without tea and silks, she fires a warning shot across Britannia's bow: cease hunting Lady Wyre, or lose the technological power the crown holds so dear. Her next task isn't so simple. Somehow she must keep the two men she loves alive--and prevent them from killing each other. Warning: Ladies in positions of power, stylish spaceships,BDSM. A ménage a trois featuring a duchess on the run, a gentlemanly assassin, and a rough-and-tumble sheriff willing to gun down anyone who gets between him and his lady.… (més)
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Charlotte, Duchess of Wyre has hidden on the Americus colony for seven years. But is she still safe from the wrath of the Queen. Events unfold but will the combination of scientist, a sheriff, and an assassin be enough.
An enjoyable story ( )
  Vesper1931 | Jul 29, 2021 |
At its heart, Lady Doctor Wyre is a steampunk story. However, this is a steampunk set not in an alternate past, but an alternate future. (Sort-of.) It takes the history of our world, and transfers it to a matriarchal universe where countries are planets and all of history's famous men have become famous women. It's quite amusing to read about Madame President instead of Mister President, and how ships — space ships, naturally — are called "he". Joely's all about the details.

Even though I would class Lady Doctor Wyre as a steampunk, it's not your traditional steampunk. Many of the traditional elements are present, while many others are morphed into something more futuristic. This world mixes silk stockings with space ships, corsets with nanobots. The strict Society rules found in many steampunk novels are in effect, but they are entirely presided over by women, both in the political and social realms.

Lady Doctor Wyre is also a romance. Not in the "every other scene is sex" style, but in the sense that it is a character-driven, emotion-driven story with themes of love and loss. Now, if you are at all familiar with Joely's writing style, you will not be surprised to hear that there is sex in the story. Pretty darn near the beginning of it, in fact. But you will also not be surprised to hear that it is all quite believable and enjoyably written. I didn't spend a moment rolling my eyes in disbelief about any part of the story — sex scene or otherwise. As with every story she has crafted that I have read, Joely blends fantasy with reality in a completely believable and utterly enjoyable fashion.

(I received Lady Doctor Wyre as an e-book review copy from the author.) ( )
  ca.bookwyrm | May 18, 2020 |
Joely Sue Burkhart has created an interesting steampunk world in outer space - very creative and fun, with Londinium and Americus as the major planets in the story. Lady Doctor Wyre is in hiding, because she holds too many secrets. Some would kill her for them, others want to force her to share them to gain power.

If that wasn't enough to keep the plot moving, she has two men in her life, one who wants her to marry him and another who needs her and haunts her in a way that she cannot dismiss. Lots of action and intrigue keep all three characters in the spotlight.

Lady Wyre is a very resourceful woman, and though both her men work to keep her safe, she's not afraid to take care of herself when she needs to. Neither man knows which of them she'll choose and they try hard to hate each other, but circumstances keep bringing them together as a team.

Fun world, great characters and lots of action with a touch of light bdsm and a heroine not afraid to be dominant. Give it a try, I think you'll enjoy it as much as I did. ( )
  DianeYu | Jun 13, 2011 |
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A dangerous technology could conquer the universe. Love could set it free. Jane Austen Space Opera, Book 1 Charlotte, Duchess of Wyre, once held the Queen's highest confidence--and the technological secret that keeps the royal heart beating. Fearful of what atrocities that Britannia might commit with her research, Charlotte turned to the galaxy's most infamous assassin, Lord Sigmund Regret, to stage her own death. Even without the simplest of luxuries, seven years hiding in the Americus colony is preferable to one day in the Tower of Londinium. Until a bounty hunter's bullet forces her to revive her research. Now the same nanobots that keep the Queen alive also run rampant in Lord Regret's body. Making his yearly Solstice visits increasingly...intimate...and complicating her courtship with the safe and honorable Sheriff Gilead Masters. When the Americus colony declares independence, and her humble sheriff makes a shocking confession, Charlotte has had enough. Weary of running, tired of living without tea and silks, she fires a warning shot across Britannia's bow: cease hunting Lady Wyre, or lose the technological power the crown holds so dear. Her next task isn't so simple. Somehow she must keep the two men she loves alive--and prevent them from killing each other. Warning: Ladies in positions of power, stylish spaceships,BDSM. A ménage a trois featuring a duchess on the run, a gentlemanly assassin, and a rough-and-tumble sheriff willing to gun down anyone who gets between him and his lady.

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