Waiting on Wednesday #16: Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

Passenger, by Alexandra Bracken
Publication: January 5, 2016, by Disney-Hyperion
Genre: Young Adult Fiction, Historical, Romance
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

In one devastating night, violin prodigy Etta Spencer loses everything she knows and loves. Thrust into an unfamiliar world by a stranger with a dangerous agenda, Etta is certain of only one thing: she has traveled not just miles but years from home. And she’s inherited a legacy she knows nothing about from a family whose existence she’s never heard of. Until now.
Nicholas Carter is content with his life at sea, free from the Ironwoods—a powerful family in the colonies—and the servitude he’s known at their hands. But with the arrival of an unusual passenger on his ship comes the insistent pull of the past that he can’t escape and the family that won’t let him go so easily. Now the Ironwoods are searching for a stolen object of untold value, one they believe only Etta, Nicholas’ passenger, can find. In order to protect her, he must ensure she brings it back to them— whether she wants to or not.
Together, Etta and Nicholas embark on a perilous journey across centuries and continents, piecing together clues left behind by the traveler who will do anything to keep the object out of the Ironwoods’ grasp. But as they get closer to the truth of their search, and the deadly game the Ironwoods are play­ing, treacherous forces threaten to sep­arate Etta not only from Nicholas but from her path home . . . forever.

Alex Bracken is BAE of all authors. I LOVE HER WRITING. I wanted Passenger from BEA since BEA in May, but agh, of course it didn't happen. Duh. *frowns* I WANT THIS SO BADLY AND IT'S HISTORICAL AND ROMANCE AND OMG. I need it in my life now, but I guess January will have to wait.

Do you enjoy Alexandra's writing? What are you anticipating this week?