Ida has been in hiding since her father was declared a traitor and hanged. Simon outs her to the ton and then has to protect her from enemies that are looking to silence her. Together they must find out who set her father up as a traitor. I received an ARC from NetGalley for my honest review.

fun story. I love the mystery. I loved how Simon wanted to do right by Ida's father for saving his life by keeping his daughter alive and find justice for a man he greatly respected.

I was a bit shocked by the ending. The entire story hinges on Ida's desire to see justice done on her father's behalf. Yet, at the end she's out of the picture while Simon solves the mystery, sees justice done in her father's name, and she doesn't even ask about it. I get that a lot happens to the girl but COME ON the men handled it and she was completely left out? So that made me angry on top of the idiot hero who really was a coward and a bit of mewl. He was a self-righteous prick for most of the book, it would've been better had he been killed and the heroine had found someone better. Anyone better!! The only reason he realized he "loved" her is because she created boundaries and said no more sex. That's not love, that's just lust... ugh.

What happens when a falsely accused traitor’s daughter seeking justice for her dead father and a bored Earl get together? This book apparently. The story follows Ida Strong, she’s just trying to clear her father’s name and try and survive the continuous attempts at her life. She was the stronger part of the book and I found her story to be interesting. Now onto the reason why I did not like the book and why it impacted the rating... our love interest, good ol Earl Simon Nugent. Simon was a lukewarm slightly daft character, he was judgmental and if I’m being honest, I was not having it with his “I love her but she’s not good enough to be my wife so I’ll definitely keep her as a mistress and marry a wife only to have as a breeding for the future heir” I wanted to slap him suffice to say. He really hindered my liking of the book and by the time it was over I had sincerely hoped Ida ended up with someone else. Guthrie, her parental figure, said it best “ Ida deserves better” and I whole heartedly agree. Every thought Simon has makes me want to question why he even wants to be with her. All in all, if we disregard the entire love plot and Simon’s part in this, the story of Ida investigating and trying to seek justice for her father while navigating various death threats was much more interesting.

* Thank you Netgalley and Independently Published for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*