02184cam a2200349 i 4500 1140564629 TxAuBib 20240311120000.0 240221s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023040917 9780764242137 PAP 17.99 076424213X PAP 17.99 (OCoLC)1422803250 TxAuBib rda Bell, Angela, author. A lady's guide to marvels and misadventure [BOOK] : a novel / Angela Bell. Minneapolis, Minnesota : Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group, 2024. 379 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "When Clara's ex-fiancé begins to spread rumors that her family suffers from hereditary insanity, it's all she can do to protect them from his desperate schemes, society's prejudice, and a lifetime in an asylum. Then Clara's Grandfather Drosselmeyer brings on an apprentice with a mechanical leg, and all pretense of normalcy takes wing. Theodore Kingsley, a shame-chased vagabond haunted by the war, wants a fresh start far from Kingsley Court and the disappointed father who declared him dead. Upon returning to England, Theodore meets clockmaker Drosselmeyer, who hires him as an apprentice, much to Clara's dismay. When Drosselmeyer spontaneously disappears in his secret flying owl machine, he leaves behind a note for Clara, beseeching her to make her dreams of adventure a reality by joining him on a merry scavenger hunt across Europe. Together, Clara and Theodore set off to follow Drosselmeyer's trail of clues, but they will have to stay one step ahead of a villain who wants the flying machine for himself--at any cost.". 20240311. Grandparent and child Fiction. Families Fiction. Apprentices Fiction. Treasure hunting Fiction. Robots Fiction. London (England) Fiction. Christian fiction. Romance fiction.