Emmeline Escot strains to escape the expectations and regulations that govern the life of an eighteen-year-old woman of a certain class in a world where female suffrage is just becoming a hotbed political issue. Emmy wants to compete as a jockey in her community's aggressive and competitive velocipede races just as her twin brother is pursuing professional status. She already chafes at the restrictions society and her family place on her. Becoming a respectable young lady means following rules, undergoing endless training, wearing restrictive corsets and clothing, and finally marrying a wealthy stranger in order to save her penurious family. Just as Emmy begins to assert herself, Cassius Everett, after a misunderstanding over her honor, becomes her husband and throws her life into more confusion.Street originally self-published this steampunk fantasy novel that incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by 19th-century industrialism which underscore her tense plot with a feminist twist. Emmy is a rebel, but is she willing to sacrifice herself and her loved ones to realize her dream of becoming a winning racer? Can she survive the humiliation, the indignities, and a potentially broken heart to become the empowered young woman she yearns to be?Judith A. Hayn.