Radish Featured Week #64: Victorian
It’s Victorian Featured Week on Radish!
Ready to go back in time to when United Kingdom had a long period of peace and prosperity?
Come ooon, don’t be shy!
There you go! Atta, girl!
It was said to be the era of “refined sensibilities.”
It was the century with nonstop flow of ball gowns and tea parties.
It was the time when scandals were nothing but discreet.
Chivalry was also still a thing. *swoon*
Can you imagine falling in love in that era?
Prepare to travel back in time to when ball gowns, tea parties, and scandals were every lady’s favorite past time!
Go ahead and dive in to the past with these featured stories below!
1. Her Majesty's Necromancer by CJArcher
When bodies go missing from the cemetery, Lincoln and the Ministry of Curiosities investigate. But not Charlie. As a housemaid at Lichfield Towers, she doesn't get involved in Ministry business. Instead, she conducts investigations of her own. She searches for details about her real mother, and makes inquiries into Lincoln's background. What she learns has the power to destroy the fragile trust they've built, or bring them closer together. As secrets are revealed, and investigations don't go as planned, Charlie finds her necromancy sucking her into a whirlpool filled with betrayal, lies and danger that could jeopardize her friendships and her home.
2. The Ivanov Diamond by charlottenglish
Konrad Savast is the Malykant: foremost and most secret servant of the God of Death. His job? To track down the foulest of murderers and bring them to The Malykt's Justice. No mercy. No quarter. Konrad is called to the death scene of a simple baker, and he can’t understand why. According to appearances, Pietr Orlov’s death was a natural one. Except there’s one problem: there’s no sign of his ghost. When two more bodies turn up with missing souls, Konrad knows he’s got a strange case on his hands. But what could possibly connect the deaths of a baker, a manservant and a rich merchant’s wife? With the city police busy with the theft of a great diamond, Konrad must rely on the help of his one true friend to solve the case.
3. The Debt by janekiley13
Imogen O'Boyle is the daughter of a poor, Irish shoemaker. Upon her father's death, she learns that he had made a deal with the current Duke of Suffolk to deal with his debts. Imogen is to marry the next in line, Derek Goddard, the Duke's son in order for her future father-in-law to pay off the dead man's debts. Derek Goddard wants anything but marriage. He is a loyal soldier to the crown, devoted son, and heir to his father's title. The day he learns that he is to marry an Irishwoman, without a dowry, he is up in arms. He wants nothing to do with the Godforsaken woman. Then he meets her, and is completely taken by her, although he would never admit it.
4. The Lost Duke by LMoore
Willful, rich and clever, Lady Catherine Lytton believes she is in full control of her destiny after she inherits a large fortune. However, the return of Adrian Stowe to England will turn her world on its head. He is the last Duke of Halford, and has been missing for years after the gruesome murder of his family; he is also different than any man she has ever met. She does not expect to feel such a strong attraction to him, or to finally lose head and heart to a man with grim secrets. When he leaves for Constantinople on a mysterious quest she must follow, embarking on a journey of growth and change that will lead her to understand the meaning of true love.
5. Silence Breaking by RobThier
Family – the most important thing in the world, right? If it’s your own, maybe. But if it’s the family of the incredibly powerful, incredibly alluring businessman with whom you’ve been conducting a secret office affair, and they don’t yet know about the affair, things are a little bit different. Life is about to get real for Lilly Linton. All those stolen moments behind closed doors, those secret kisses and whispered words are about to catch up with her. As she and her boss, business-magnate Rikkard Ambrose, travel north to his parents’ palatial estate, she is about to discover whether she has the strength to step out of the shadows and change her fate forever.
How does reading stories set during the Victorian era make you feel?