Description: Emmeline Escot knows that she was born to ride in Seren's cutthroat velocipede races. The only problem: She's female in a world where women lead tightly laced lives. Emmeline watches her twin brother gain success as a professional racing jockey while her own life grows increasingly narrow. Ever more stifled by rules, corsets, and her upcoming marriage of convenience to a brusque stranger, Emmy rebels--with stunning consequences. Can her dream to race survive scandal, scrutiny, and heartbreak? This romantasy set in an alternate steampunk-ish world draws you in with compelling characters and exciting bicycle races.
Review Quotes: Tense, thoughtful, and truly thrilling--The Velocipede Races is a marvelous fantasy of manners and machinery. --Cherie Priest, bestselling author of the Clockwork Century novels
This novel made me want to burn my corset. Emmy-- half ingenue and half Olympian athlete--is trapped in a staid and hidebound culture. And when she starts breaking all the rules, it's wicked fun to be along for the ride. There was definitely a sense of eating something so good that I could not stop eating it. --Benjamin Parzybok, Sherwood Nation The action builds slowly as the reader is acquainted with the details of Street's carefully created society and the mechanics of cycling. Then the story bursts into a final lap with dramatic suspense. You don't have to be a fan of fantasy or sf to enjoy these exuberant characters and their intriguing times. --Catherine Lantz, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago Lib., Library Journal (starred review)