Cindy Spencer Pape

Ether & Elephants Cindy Spencer Pape

Sir Thomas Devere and Eleanor Hadrian have loved each other most of their lives-but sometimes love doesn't conquer all.

Their chance at happiness was ruined by Devere's hasty marriage to someone else. Heartbroken, Nell left home, finding a new life as a teacher at a school for the blind. But when one of her supernaturally gifted students, Charlie, is kidnapped, Thomas reappears and their worlds collide.

Thomas claims he hasn't seen his wife since the day of their marriage-yet he fears that the missing student could be his son.

The deeper they dig, the more he and Nell discover, including a deadly alchemist, more missing children, and long-suppressed feelings that neither of them is ready for.

A race on an airship across England and India may lead them to answers-including a second chance at love-but only if all of British society isn't destroyed first.