Here is the cover for the newest Deanna Raybourn novel, A Spear of Summer Grass. The story of Delilah Drummond, a scandalous flapper who journeys to Kenya in 1923 in search of adventure.

Deanna Raybourn has a way of writing sassy, smart heroines way before their time and A Spear of Summer Grass sounds very promising. Her other novels include the Lady Julia Grey novels, which are a personal favorite and a stand alone novel, The Dead Travel Fast. Everyone who loves haunting mystery, Victorian England, and a dash of epic romance should definitely be reading Deanna Raybourn.

A Spear of Summer Grass doesn’t hit shelves until May 2013 but there will be a Lady Julia Grey novella released for Christmas.

About Deanna Raybourn

A sixth-generation native Texan, New York Times bestselling author Deanna Raybourn grew up in San Antonio, where she met her college sweetheart. She married him on her graduation day and went on to teach high school English and history. During summer vacation at the age of 23, she wrote her first novel. After three years as a teacher, Deanna left education to have a baby and pursue writing full-time.

14 years and many, many rejections after her first novel, she signed two three-book deals with MIRA Books.