Set in a near-future world where the British Empire was preserved, not by the cost of blood and theft but by effort of repatriation and promises kept,\u00a0That Inevitable Victorian Thing<\/i>\u00a0is a novel of love, duty, and the small moments that can change people and the world.<\/p>\n

Victoria-Margaret is the crown princess of the empire, a direct descendant of Victoria I, the queen who changed the course of history two centuries earlier. The imperial practice of genetically arranged matchmaking will soon guide Margaret into a politically advantageous marriage like her mother before her, but before she does her duty, she’ll have one summer incognito in a far corner of empire. In Toronto, she meets Helena Marcus, daughter of one of the empire’s greatest placement geneticists, and August Callaghan, the heir apparent to a powerful shipping firm currently besieged by American pirates. In a summer of high-society debutante balls, politically charged tea parties, and romantic country dances, Margaret, Helena, and August discover they share an unusual bond and maybe a one in a million chance to have what they want and to change the world in the process \u2014just like the first Queen Victoria.<\/p>\n

Representation Includes<\/h4>\n

\n
• WLW, mixed-race main character<\/li>\n
• Bisexual, intersex main character<\/li>\n
• Chinese-Canadian main character<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  Content Warnings<\/div>

  Clumsy handling of race and eugenics; major character who is initially shocked at learning she’s intersex; cheating in romantic relationship <\/div>