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The
Crimson Inkwell
The Luella Winthrop Trilogy
Book One
Kenneth A. Baldwin
Genre: Gaslamp Fantasy,
Historical Fantasy
Publisher: Eburnean Books
Date of Publication: May 8th,
2019
ISBN: 1095674749
ASIN: B07Q76QYMW
Number of pages: 277
Word Count: 97,000
Cover Artist: Vikncharlie
Tagline: A Gaslamp Fantasy Novel
The
Crimson Inkwell is a story about journalist Luella Winthrop. In her journey to
become Dawnhurst-on-Severn's most acclaimed writer, she discovers that her city
houses dark, magical secrets too uncomfortable to believe.
When
an enigmatic carnival worker offers her a pen that can turn fiction to fact,
she quickly learns that tampering with the unknown can be intoxicating,
lucrative, and dangerous.
Book Description:
Magic exists where we cannot see.
It lives in unexplained
phenomena, in attraction to strangers, in a pen and crimson inkwell, from a
trunk, in a tent, at a fair, in the fog.
I didn't believe in magic.
Before he died, my father taught
me the world was solid. Reporting was more like science, anyway. Hard facts.
Logical inferences. Of course, I wasn't exactly an award-winning reporter so
what did I know about it? But, when Detective Edward Thomas told me he had seen
a phantom, something woke up inside of me. I could have tried to dismiss it as
a trick of the lamplight, but how else could I explain the body on the
cobblestones?
Instead, I simply believed him,
and not just because he was arrestingly handsome. I was engaged, after all, to
a sensible, though older man--the same man who published my articles, in fact.
No. I believed him because
somewhere, deep down, I knew magic was real. What's worse, I knew it was a part
of me. The detective's ghost story had just woken me up.
As soon as I accepted this truth,
everything changed. My writing career, my family, my domestic prospects, and my
freedom.
What woman, pray tell, can fit
three men and a writing career in her life and still keep her sanity?
But there I landed.
Byron was my fiancé. He was
sensible. He could provide a modest life of means for my sister and me. He
could also continue to publish my little articles in his weekly magazine. He
adored me.
Edward was my detective, so good
and true, straight as an arrow and noble as a knight. He inspired me to be
something more. But, I could never live up to such a high standard.
Bram was a mystery. Who could say
where his life had taken him before he met me or what adventures he had
endured. Everything he did was curious. I was drawn to him in ways I didn't
understand.
Could I escape this journey with
my engagement intact? Which course would lead me down a road to the woman my
father always believed I should be?
And why did I feel so angry all
the time?
My fingers still have that
enchanted twitch even as I peck these words out on an old typewriter. Before
another episode comes, let me tell you what happened that fateful autumn in
Dawnhurst-on-Severn. . .
About
the Author:
Kenneth A. Baldwin loves stories
you can sink your teeth into.
He lives nestled under the
Wasatch Mountain Range with his wife and dog. He writes historical fantasy.
When he's not working on his next book, he can be found teaching story
mechanics or sketch comedy writing.
Kenny has worked as a staff
writer for TV, Radio, web, and comedy scripts for years. The Crimson Inkwell is
his first published novel.
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