Alexia Tarabotti

Also known as The Parasol Protectorate.

• (1) Soulless by Gail Carriger (Fantasy)
  Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette.