Fairy-tale structures and steampunk technology give Nancy Campbell Allen’s Proper Romance novels their distinctive mix. Beauty and the Clockwork Beast combines a Victorian manor, mechanical technology, vampires and a Beauty and the Beast framework, while Kiss of the Spindle reworks Sleeping Beauty through airships, curses and shapeshifters. The Lady in the Coppergate Tower draws on Rapunzel, and Brass Carriages and Glass Hearts turns Cinderella into another adventure inside the same broad steampunk world. Allen also writes contemporary and historical romance outside the series. Her books are inventive, accessible and romance-led, with mystery and fairy-tale structure supporting the courtship. The strongest neighbouring categories are steampunk romance, clean fantasy romance and fairy-tale retellings. Read more Less
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