Lady Ruth Constance Chapelstone and the Clockwork Suitor

So accurate to the norms of England, and most of the other 'civilized' nations in the 1800's. Women had no head for science or business but could run an entire nation on their own. Ruth has other ideas. She loves inventing, sometimes to the exclusion of all else, including her health. It is remarkable how Ruth's Asburgers is revealed as the story progresses. Unfortunately most girls with autism should have been hidden away in the family home. There is much humor and of course lots of the steampunk action we have all come to enjoy. This may be my new favorite series.

19th-century, inventions, humor, urban-fantasy, steampunk Great fun! Trapped in an era when women are so threatening that they are barred from being inventors and are expected to marry just to be considered respectable, Lady Ruth adopts an alias in order to pursue her calling. She is mechanically gifted and socially challenged, but even Queen Victoria recognizes her true worth. Until the exposure of her fiance as a clockwork man. Add in a vindictive wannabe suitor/ inventor, hijinks in France, and a gifted assistant who is not of the upper class, and you have the basis for lots of situational and verbal humor. I really enjoyed this one, and plan to read the next two as quickly as I am able!