“Some cogs and bellows to help a punctured lung. Johann slowed so he could glance over his shoulder at Cornelius. “This might be the time to explain that you have more clockwork than simply your arm and legs and eye.”

I’ve run over a half kilo at top speed, up and down hills and with extra weight on my back.”Ĭornelius clutched him tighter. “But I’m not even the slightest bit winded. “Clockwork works better than flesh and bone.” “It’s your legs,” Cornelius said into his ear. When he realized he’d just passed a carriage with horses trotting at a decent clip, he nearly stumbled in surprise. In fact, he found himself surprised at how fast he was moving. Except for the extra strain on his human arm and his legs settling harder into the clockwork, carrying Cornelius didn’t affect him at all. He was a little unsteady at first, with his clockwork legs and the redistributed weight, but he adapted much quicker than he thought he would. Then he picked up Cornelius, swung him around to his back and started to run. Go, now,” he told Valentin, and slapped the horse hard on the rump. She has honored me with an excerpt:įamiliar shouts spurred Johann into action. I am thrilled to host her introduction to her newest offering, CLOCKWORK HEART.

Whether her characters are endearing, gritty, super-intelligent, heart-warming, funny, deeply troubled, have special needs, or all of the above, the reader cares deeply about them as they forge their way through challenges and bravely reach for love. In every novel, Heidi Cullinan’s emotional IQ hits the top of the mark. Heidi’s novel Carry the Ocean, the first book in the Roosevelt series, is so extraordinary I was compelled to praise its gorgeousness in my blog last May. My current favorites are the amazing Love Lessons series and the stellar Dance with Me. I’ve read and loved a long list of her novels, including the Tucker Springs series, Minnesota Christmas series, Nowhere Ranch, Dirty Laundry, and Family Man with Marie Sexton. Confession: I’m a Heidi Cullinan fangirl.

Clockwork Heart by Heidi Cullinan