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Title: Watchmaker's Heart

Author: Juli D. Revezzo

Narrator: Rachael Beresford

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-10-17

Publisher: Raven Queen Publications

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Romance, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

For Miss Phoebe Lockswell, fashionable London tea parties and balls aren't her style. Instead, she prefers to tinker tirelessly with a clockwork diffuser she's built from scratch. If only she can get the invention to work on command, she might earn her way out of an arranged marriage to a repugnant member of the House of Commons.

London watchmaker Mortimer Kidd was brought up hard in the arms of an infamous London gang. Despite the respectability he strives for now, the gang leader is blackmailing him. When Mortimer sees Phoebe's diffuser, he thinks he's found a way to buy himself out of trouble. The brash Phoebe manages to steal his heart, however, before he can purloin her invention.

Will Mortimer's unsavory past catch up to him before he convinces Phoebe of his devotion? Worse, once Phoebe learns the truth, will she ever trust him again?

Watchmaker's Heart is a light, fun Victorian steampunk romance with a spunky heroine!

Members Reviews:

historical romance with steampunk elements

The Watchmakers Heart by Juli D. Revezzo is historical romance with steampunk elements and a nice bit of suspenseful mystery. Penelope Phoebe Lockswell is a bit of a tinkering and has created a somewhat scandalous diffuser. I enjoyed this feisty heroine, and Revezzo quickly pulled me into this tale.

Poor Phoebe is nothing like her peers and prefers tinkering with her creations much to her parents horror. Determined to set her on the straight and narrow they are encouraging a marriage with a man, dear reader who makes Phoebe shiver and cringe. I am inclined to agree with her.

Not to be deterred she sneaks off by train to attend a convention and share her diffuser. Being a young lady unescorted let alone attending such a conference was rather scandalous and when she spies a reporter on the train, she seeks to hide. Here she encounters, London watchmaker, Mortimer Kidd. Mortimer has gotten himself into some trouble with the local gangs of London and at first, seeks to strip Phoebe of her diffuser, but as they strike up a conversation all that changes.

The tale that unfolds was an engaging one, as Phoebe tries to avoid Sir Dugard, the ghastly man her parents wish for her to marry and spend time with the exciting watchmaker, Mortimer, who seems to see the value of Phoebes diffuser as he helps her tinker with the gadget. A friendship soon develops, as do warm, romantic feelings, but Mortimer isnt for the likes of Lady Phoebe, and his secrets might put them both in peril.

Revezzo did a fantastic job of taking classic Victorian storyline plots and making them her own. She weaved in steampunk, mystery, and suspense all while entertaining us with a forward speaking young heroine whose outlandish ideas about romance, sex and more shock her parents and bewitch Mortimer.

The audio narration by Rachael Beresford had some issues. While Beresford did a splendid job, the quality of the track left something to be desired. I was rather surprised at the background noise, particularly at the end of each chapter. It almost sounded like the noise the needle makes at the end of an album. While I am sure this is an editing issue, it did deter from my overall enjoyment of the narration. I would recommend reading this tale if such matters annoy you.