Instead of a better mousetrap, she decided to build -- a better man!
Romance, steampunk, and a carnal encounters spice up this story of a woman who dared tread in the path of Victor Frankenstein. Amelia, an industrious Victorian-era scientist, tired of failed, stifled relationships, gives up on men and sets out to construct a man of her own creation, who possesses none of the bad qualities of the men she knows -- and every good quality they should have had.
Along the way, Amelia finds the monster within herself, and discovers the true problem with her relationships lies hidden deep in her own psyche. Only too late does she realize that she has unwittingly passed that part of herself on to her creation.
Meanwhile, Gabriel, the one person in her life who has always loved her true self, discovers the nature of her secret project. Frightened and repulsed, he disappears, breaking Amelia's heart. Will she be able let go of the past and realize that Gabriel, and not her sexy new creation, is the better man?