A Curious Beginning, Deanna Raybourn
A Curious Beginning, Deanna Raybourn
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A Curious Beginning

Author: Deanna Raybourn

Narrator: Angele Masters

Unabridged: 10 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/01/2015

Synopsis

London, 1887. As the city prepares to celebrate Queen Victoria's golden jubilee, Veronica Speedwell is marking a milestone of her own. After burying her spinster aunt, the orphaned Veronica is free to resume her world travels in pursuit of scientific inquiry-and the occasional romantic dalliance. As familiar with hunting butterflies as she is fending off admirers, Veronica wields her butterfly net and a sharpened hatpin with equal aplomb, and with her last connection to England now gone, she intends to embark upon the journey of a lifetime. But fate has other plans, as Veronica discovers when she thwarts her own abduction with the help of an enigmatic German baron with ties to her mysterious past. Promising to reveal in time what he knows of the plot against her, the baron offers her temporary sanctuary in the care of his friend Stoker-a reclusive natural historian as intriguing as he is bad-tempered. But before the baron can deliver on his tantalizing vow to reveal the secrets he has concealed for decades, he is found murdered. Suddenly Veronica and Stoker are forced to go on the run from an elusive assailant, wary partners in search of the villainous truth.

About Deanna Raybourn

Deanna Raybourn is the New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of the Lady Julia Grey series, A Spear of Summer Grass, and The Dead Travel Fast. The Lady Julia Grey series has been nominated for five RITA Awards, an Agatha Award, and numerous Dilys Wynn, Last Laugh, Daphne du Maurier, and Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Awards. Silent in the Grave, the first book in the series, won the 2008 RITA Award for Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements. Deanna lives in Virginia with her family.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chelsea on September 23, 2022

It is a rare day that I pick up historical fiction of any kind; I have nothing against the genre, but I feel as though all the flashy, contemporary books shove my good intentions out of the way and I never get around to reading those golden oldies I claim I'll dive into. Lucky for me, Berkley offere......more

Goodreads review by Riley on December 03, 2021

after re-reading i think i have decided this is my all-time favorite book. it has everything I love - murder mystery - victorian london setting - rivals with the BEST banter - traveling circus - "only one bed" trope veronica and stoker are seriously two of my favorite characters ever. and their chemist......more

Goodreads review by Felicia on August 02, 2015

OH HAI I GOT TO READ THIS ARC :P This comes out in Sept, and I got to read an early copy of Deanna Raybourn's new series. JEALOUS MUCH? If you follow my reading tastes you know I'm slightly obsessed with her, we've picked her books twice at least in my Vaginal Fantasy Romance Book Club, so this was a......more

Goodreads review by Robin on February 10, 2017

A lepidopterist and taxidermist run away and join the Circus….Wait what??? First I didn’t know what a lepidopterist was, it’s a person who studies butterflies and when I started this I think I internally groaned thinking that this was about a woman who loved to chase butterflies but lucky for me Ver......more

Goodreads review by Katie on May 18, 2023

April 2023: 5⭐️ Reading Vlog: [URL not allowed] Did I already read and vlog the entire series? Yes. Am I doing it again? You bet your *ss! After reading the newest (8th) book, I fell head over heels AGAIN with this series and this couple. Leading me to reread the entire series. I discovered......more

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