This month's read is A Curious Beginning b y Deanna Raybourn. Copies are available at the Main Library or call to req uest pick-up at the Eastgate Branch.
\nAfter burying her spinster au nt\, orphaned Veronica Speedwell is free to resume her world travels in pu rsuit of scientific inquiry&mdash\;and the occasional romantic dalliance. As familiar with hunting butterflies as with fending off admirers\, Veroni ca intends to embark upon the journey of a lifetime.
\nBut fate has other plans when Veronica thwarts her own attempted abduction with the hel p of an enigmatic German baron\, who offers her sanctuary in the care of h is friend Stoker\, a reclusive and bad-tempered natural historian. But bef ore the baron can reveal what he knows of the plot against her\, he is fou nd murdered&mdash\;leaving Veronica and Stoker on the run from an elusive assailant as wary partners in search of the villainous truth.
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