KARA JORGENSEN
The Ingenious Mechanical Devices
Mechanical inventions, soul-binding magic, supernatural mysteries, and hidden conspiracies draw scientists, engineers, and unlikely allies into dangerous investigations that reach from London’s streets to forgotten estates and distant expeditions.
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✅ You’ll Love This If You Crave:
- protagonists who are outcasts & oddballs
- queer love stories
- magic, monsters and gaslamps
- mysteries
- heroes who earn trust slowly
- disabled and neurodivergent main characters
- found family showing up when blood family won’t
- adventure from London to Palestine to New York
- a necromancer falling in love
- interconnected worlds
📖 Start with The Earl of Brass
🚫 Not the Right Fit If You Want:
- steamy romance
- straight, cisgender protagonists
- consequence-free action
Looking for more adventures? Check out these collections:
London • Regency • Edwardian • Spice • Marriage of Convenience • Dragons • Airships • Inventors • Winter Romance • Haunted Estates • Globe-Trotting • Witches • Vampires • Selkies & Mermaids • Demons • Ghosts • Fairy Tales • Ancient Artifacts • Europe • Hearts • Detectives • Audiobooks • Kobo Plus
If You Want:
- Airships and technologies, try Elizabeth Chatsworth
- Steampunk inspired supernatural, try Jessica Marting
- A heroine who can see ghosts, try Suzannah Rowntree
- A blurry line between history and fantasy, try AW Exley
- Corrupted magic and Fae politics, try Nicolette Andrews