He also claims to have some information regarding her heritage. According to the baron, she is in grave danger and needs to go with him.

But Baron von Stauffenbach arrives to thwart her plans as he chases away a housebreaker. Now that both her aunts are dead, she intends to move away and travel the world. She is an expert butterfly hunter and the career has taken her all over the world where she has been in passionate love affairs and on exciting adventures. Veronica had been shuffled around often and this has given her a perspective unlike that of any other woman her age. She had been taken in by her two aunts when her parents died. In “A Curious Beginning,” the first novel of the series, we are introduced to Veronica a young lady living an extraordinary life in the 1800. However, having relationship is against her code of conduct.

He is also dark and brooding even though this is part of his appeal. Veronica finds the man very attractive though he is mysterious man with a shadowy background. Once they meet, they come to depend on each other and develop a profound respect for each other’s abilities. At the heart of the series is the growing bond between a man named Stoker and Veronica. At the beginning of the story, the last of her aunts passes on and she decides to leave the little village she had called home for more than three years. She had been orphaned very young and then raised by her two aunts. She has been all over the world working to collect butterflies for wealthy clients that have the money to pay handsome prices for her beautiful specimens. She is an adventurous person who never lives by the rules set by society especially on how a lady needs to behave. The “Veronica Speedwell” series of novel are set in the Victorian period and feature an unconventional lead in Veronica. She currently makes her home in Virginia from where she writes her novels. In addition to her Veronica Speedwell novels, Deanna also writes other novels in the “Lady Julia Grey,” “A Spear of Summer Grass” and “City of Jasmine” series.

The first novel of the Victorian series “Veronica Speedwell” was titled “A Curious Beginning.” The novels feature intrepid amateur sleuth and butterfly hunter Veronica Speedwell.

Her novels have been nominated for several awards including the du Maurier, a Last Laugh, an Agatha, two Dily Winns and a Best Novel at the Edgar Awards in 2019. The mother of one got married to her college sweetheart and together they have one child. She went to the University of Texas from where she graduated with a degree in History and English. The USA Today and New York Times bestselling author was born and brought up in Texas. The “Veronica Speedwell” series are as set of mystery thriller novels by Deanna Raybourn, a bestselling literary fiction and mystery thriller novelist.

A curious beginning series