A New York Times Bestseller Nicolette\'s awful stepsisters call her Mechanica to demean her, but the nickname fits: she learned to be an inventor at her mother\'s knee.
Determined to invent her own happily-ever-after, Mechanica seeks to wow the prince and eager entrepreneurs alike..
And the timing may be perfect: There\'s a technological exposition and a royal ball on the horizon.
When she discovers a secret workshop in the cellar on her sixteenth birthday--and befriends Jules, a tiny magical metal horse--Nicolette starts to imagine a new life for herself.
Her mom is gone now, though, and the Steps have pushed her into a life of dreary servitude.
A New York Times Bestseller Nicolette\'s awful stepsisters call her Mechanica to demean her, but the nickname fits: she learned to be an inventor at her mother\'s knee
