Pushed to the Limit (Quid Pro Quo 1)

CAN HE PROVE SHE’S INNOCENT?Sydney Raferty Lord claims her husband died on their wedding day. No body. No proof that she ever married him. When his body is found in the woods, Sydney claims this is not the Kenneth Lord she married! Kenneth’s friend Benno DeMartino, undeniably attracted to the supposed widow, aims to find the murderer and help prove Sydney innocent.In the Victorian tradition, SteampunX is a serial novel released monthly.It’s 1875 on the Columbian calendar. Anowarakowa, the New World, has been at peace for a century. By treaty and vigilance the land has been divided among the English Colonies in the Northeast, New France in the South, the Aztecs in the West, and the League of Ten Hundred Nations in the Midwest.The shadow of slavery hangs over New France. The man called Thunder arrives to avert a war he fears may erupt. Little does he know the war began long ago in the hearts of the noirs that work the land. Trapped between the justice of the oppressed and the whims of a dangerous ally, Thunder and his teenage companions struggle to do what's right for themselves and for the Nations.