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The reviews said this book had a “dash” of romance. I don’t know how much a “dash” is, but this is definitely more than that. The male lead has progressed to saying that the female lead’s beauty is the least interesting thing about her, and the female lead is already saying that the male lead is *more* handsome than a Greek god.

I think I'm going to give up on this one. It's a cute book. Well written but I just can't get into the characters.

Lots of period detail with smart inventor heroine, daughter of a baron who invents life like automatons. When someone is killed with the metal arm of her creation she is accused of murder as no one trusts a woman in business. Mr. Niall Kier a blacksmith inventor is the only one who knows she is innocent.

New to me author, this historical mystery has interesting components of the early days of automation. Women are still kept out of business so the main character Miss Kara Levett is looked on oddly. An educated woman of means with no father or husband is just not done.