A sharp-tongued 17-year-old lady dodges marriage pressure while investigating a murder amid Regency London balls and romance.
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A sharp-tongued 17-year-old lady dodges marriage pressure while investigating a murder amid Regency London balls and romance.
Showing no interest in the sumptuous balls, lavish dinner parties, and country weekends enjoyed by the rest of early nineteenth-century London society, seventeen-year-old Lady Alexandra Stafford seeks adventure as she investigates the puzzling murder of the Earl of Blackmoor, father of devilishly handsome Gavin.
will contain mild spoilers
Clean YA romance; attraction, courtship, and kissing without explicit content
Central murder mystery with deaths and peril; not graphic
Mild language overall; clean tone suited to younger YA
Social drinking at balls and parties in period setting
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No magic or witchcraft present
No occult or demonology content present
Recurring themes of wealth, privilege, and women's societal roles
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Parental murder drives the plot; period constraints on women
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