Winters, Elia. Combustion. Cecaelia Press, 2021. ISBN 978-1951589035 226 pp. $12.99

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Spinster Astrid is a girl machinist whose passion is designing sex toys for clients. She wants to enter a design in the World’s Fair, but without a (male) sponsor, her chances for entry are nil. Enter a watchmaker who just needs one good idea. They team up, test the device together and sparks fly.

This Steampunk erotic romance layers a Victorian setting with consent, pleasure and feminism. The sex scenes are detailed, and hot.