Lady Ruth Constance Chapelstone and the American Escapade: The Lady Ruth Constance Chapelstone Chronicles, #3

By L.C. Mawson

Cowboys made of metal were the last thing Lady Ruth needed.

When Captain Hall returns from America, he does so with troubling news. There are rumours of robotic men in the west...

Before she can be accused of treason again, Ruth leaves London on one final mission to keep her mechanical men out of the hands of those who would enslave them for war.

Lady Ruth Constance Chapelstone and the American Escapade is the final book in the Lady Ruth Constance Chapelstone Chronicles steampunk novella trilogy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: L.C. Mawson
• Release date: Jan 9, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386517191

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Lady Ruth Constance Chapelstone and the American Escapade

The Lady Ruth Constance Chapelstone Chronicles, Volume 3

L.C. Mawson

Published by L.C. Mawson, 2018.

Copyright © L.C. Mawson (2016). All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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Love/Hate

Justice/Loneliness

Empathy/Pain

Stability/Conflict

Loyalty/Betrayal

Trust/Doubt

Hope/Fear

Aspects: Books 1-3

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Castaway Heart

Castaway Soul

Castaway Love

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Fire

Air

Water

Earth

Storm

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Advanced Dragon Studies

Basics of Magical Bonds

Advanced Mermaid Politics

Foundational Dragon Law

Interspecies Social Studies

Advanced Power Transference

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Basics of Spellcraft

History of Magic

Advanced Healing Spells

Ethics of Magic

Advanced Combat Magic

Politics of Magic

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Engineered Magic

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Engineered Rebel

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Resist

Rebuild

Reconnect

Reconsider

Resolution

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White

Wings

Oracle

Witch

Enhanced

Reaper

Trident

Kingsguard

Princess

Queen

Warden

Pandora

Sacrifice

Darkness

Trapped

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Separated

Healing

Family

Exiled

Torn

Prisoner

Belonging

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Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

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1

Ruth stepped away from her workbench to be greeted by an all-too-familiar sound.

Silence.

Of course, it was never truly silent in London. That was impossible. No, she could hear the sound of people in the streets, along with the mechanical clacking of machines, some of which she was most likely responsible for.

No, it was never truly silent in her townhouse, but it was still eerily so. The sound of people outside could never, after all, replace the sound of people within the walls.

When Ruth was young, she had imagined that she would love to live alone. It seemed the perfect solution to her difficulty with people, but now it simply left her alone with her thoughts for far too long, which was its own special kind of torture.

Thomas had been the first to go. Ruth had expected it sooner or later. He couldn’t remain a bachelor forever, she had told herself before she had known that his tastes lay with other men. After that, she had assumed that he would get bored of nannying her at some point. In the end, both of her suspicions had come to pass. He had fallen for Captain Hall, the man who had been in charge of keeping an eye on Ruth when she was suspected of treason.

Thomas had started following Hall on his missions a few years ago, pretending to be some kind of consultant, and Ruth had seen little of him after that.

Then had been Michel. The mechanical man she had constructed, who had inexplicably gained sentience. Despite being made of metal, he wasn’t mechanically minded himself. While Ivy and Ruth had spent their days on their projects in the workshops, he had read every book they had available. And then he had read any he could get his hands on.

In the end, Ruth had been the one to approach him about getting a more formal education. With his incredible intellect, and the unique opportunity he posed, it wasn’t difficult to get Oxford to take him.

So, that was Michel out of the nest.

Last to leave had been Ivy, to Ruth’s surprise. Ivy had been her student, and Ruth had thought that she would leave much sooner. She had been a quick study and had ambitions of her own, and yet she had stayed.

Ruth had started to feel guilty about that after a time. She felt as if Ivy was only staying out of pity for her, and she didn’t want to hold the young woman back like that. Not when she had so much potential. So, Ruth had talked to Ivy about potential future ambitions and had eventually arranged to have her work as an airship designer for the Crown.

Which just left Ruth. All alone, just as she had always wanted, and yet far lonelier than she had ever anticipated.

Her thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door, perking her up as she remembered that it was time for Michel’s monthly check-up. She rarely saw him between the visits