I'll not be providing a review. It is clear that the description of the book at the story, at least the first part of the book, don't line up. I was curious about the "genre- bending" but apparently just means adding a history lesson to the novel.
By the way, there is a famous At. James Park in London. That, pulped with cover art led me to a whole different place.
I was not expecting the politically charged, union history lesson of California.
Victoria seems to be the protagonist but the description is of someone entirely different. The "hero" shows up 60 pages into the book?

And there are way too many characters tossed in at the beginning. "Raven-haired, chestnut-brown eyed" so cliche.