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The second in Susanne Lord’s critically acclaimed London Explorers series, Discovery of Desire , is out now! To celebrate, we've pulled an excerpt from the book to share. *** Author’s Note: Seth has disembarked from the steamship, onto the crowded, bustling port of Bombay. The other passengers, including the four dozen lady passengers who had sailed to wed East India Company men, are rushed by the bachelors and huddled together in the chaos… “Ladies?” A woman’s voice. Sweet and low and nearly swallowed in the fray. Maybe it was because his explorer’s senses were honed to seek the rare, the anomalies in nature, but Seth trailed that voice to a venture girl twenty feet away. She wore a trim white jacket and green skirt with starry, white flowers all over it. Her sun helmet concealed all but a bit of brown hair. “Ladies, as no one has told us yet what to do, if you are to be met by someone, would you move to this end?” She gestured and the ladies shuffled to...

This December, debut author Susanne Lord releases the first in her London Explorers series, In Search of Scandal ! To celebrate, Susanne is here to share one of the facts (and an excerpt!) she uncovered while researching for this adventurous new series: Fast Fact: Dr. Nathanial Wallich, a Danish botanist and plant hunter connected to the Calcutta botanic gardens, was very successful in keeping plant materials alive in their journey from India to England in the age before Wardian cases.   He innovated many methods of transport, including packing seeds in brown sugar to keep them viable during their journey. An Excerpt: Charlotte caught her breath and unclenched the grip she had taken upon his hand. “You cannot pretend to like me, Mr. Repton. I just wonder—I have always wondered what I have done to offend you.” His arm tightened and his lips were right back to hovering over her ear. “Wait…” More silence. Honestly! She would not stand here and let him trampl...