Fine Young Turks

The Chronicles of a Gentlewoman series of steampunk thrillers tells the tale of Lady Aldora Fiske. Feeling the weight of society's expectations upon her shoulders, she travels the world seeking adventure, protecting the innocent and punishing the wicked.

Her loveless wedding of convenience approaching, gentlewoman Aldora is among the influential Europeans to accept handsome nobleman Cemal Yavuzade Bey's invitation to show off the Young Turks' Ottoman Empire and its secularist reforms.

After she alone escapes the devious plot to kidnap the foreign guests for leverage against the Great Powers of Europe, she's confronted with an Empire where women are given all the rights and respect of men, and a handsome Turkish nobleman who treats her like an equal. Will Aldora give up her old life and start anew in the Ottoman Empire?

This 16,000 word novella is the third in the Chronicles of a Gentlewoman series of steampunk thrillers. It is also available for the Kindle as part of the Steampunk Omnibus collection.