The Silver Currant

A Gaslamp Trinkets Novel (The Luella Winthrop Trilogy, Book 2)

By: Kenneth A. Baldwin

Narrated by: Naomi Rose-Mock

Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

Magical illnesses require magical cures, and time is running out.

It's been months since I left my hometown. I'd never traveled outside its wall before. It seems like only yesterday that my biggest concern was writing my next hit article. Now, I'm running from the police and desperately searching for the only man who may know how to cure me of a magical ailment.

I'm not alone, but I can feel the patience and energy of the man by my side diminish day by day. It's hard to persuade him that I'm spending all my time looking for another man so I can be whole for him. I fear that the green monster of jealousy grows in him as surely as my own demons do in me. What's worse; as I discover more about my disease and its source, trust in even my closest friends is starting to wane. There's a calm in understanding your misfortunes and terrible anxiety in learning you know so much less than you thought.

I just want to be free of all this and marry the man who has offered his heart to me. But, I'm afraid I cannot go where the remedy calls from. Some doors must remain closed, despite how well they're hidden. Whatever my path, I'd better move quickly because I'm starting to lose track of what's real and what's fantasy.

A suspenseful historical fantasy full of witty banter and difficult dilemmas! Don't miss the sequel to The Crimson Inkwell. Get your audiobook today, and follow Luella on her fantastical journey through memory, mystery, and love.

©2020 Kenneth A. Baldwin (P)2021 Kenneth A. Baldwin

Wildly creative and thoroughly entertaining

Kenneth A. Baldwin is a master storyteller. This second book of Luella Winthrop's escapades is just as full of unpredictable twists and turns as the first. As soon as Luella seems to be untangling one disaster she has landed in, she finds herself completely unraveling in another. All the supporting chatacters in the story are as full of life as she is. Naomi Rose-Mock is the perfect narrator for this saga. She seemlessly flows into each character without hesitation and enhances the story. I wonder if the final installment will answer all the riddles or leave us guessing once again!

a search for truth in a shifting reality

When Luella took off in search for a cure to her magical malady, not even her wildest imaginings could have predicted where the journey would take her. Nor would she ever guess just how close to home - and her heart - the search would end up.

I enjoyed how this book cleverly flipped upside down so many things Luella thought she knew - the more she learns about magic and Bram and his friends and past - the less she knows about her own life and friends and family. Suddenly she has a new perspective on events from book 1 that make her re-evaluate everything. Surprising allies and bitter betrayals. Who can she really trust? This book had both more danger and adventure than book 1 and more melancholy and introspection. Luella remains passionate, clever, stubborn, but overall still desperately clinging to her need for conventional respectability and responsibility towards her loved ones despite the extremely unconventional situation she finds herself in.

Book 2 in the Luella Winthrop trilogy, this book picks up with the unsolved problems from book 1 and ends with a cliffhanger for book 3. Read the series in order! Naomi Rose-Mock does a fabulous job narrating and capturing exactly they type of attitude I would expect Luella to have.