Hippolyta Royle, last seen on the lam after being kidnapped by Val in Duke of Sin, finds a ride in a carriage with a lord who thinks she is a doxy. What is normally my jam in tropes (Carriage! Only one bed at the inn!) is clumsily handled. Matthew Mortimer kind of treats her poorly (oh if only I had known you were a lady) and ultimately is redeemed, but I just find myself side-eying everything. There's a mongoose which I guess is kind of fun, and I cannot comment on the rep of Hippolyta's big secret (her mother is Indian and she was being blackmailed by Val to keep this a secret).

I don't know, just didn't work for me.