I'm on the fence about this book. Plot wise, I did like the premise of this book where there's a bit of detective work involved with the story and how the two leads work together to uncover a murder mystery in Saint Giles. Now I made the mistake to reading the other books, not knowing that this series plays off previous books so I missed out on the beginning of this series 
 Temperance, the heroine of the book was quite unique. She is not the typical virgin-innocent-heroine that you find in most books. In fact, not only was she married before she met the hero of this book, but not only that. She has a big sexual appetite which you don't find in most heroines. She is not perfect and has committed huge mistakes in her past that you find women in reality doing when faced in a marriage such as hers, it shows that she is human and that she can give into temptation. She also does show her guilt and regret for doing what she did and trying to repent by serving others, which was also a great angle that the writer took in showing that she does not always enjoy the work she does, which is also realistic. Her maturity shows and she does come into terms with who she is as a person 
 The Hero, Lazarus (what kind of name is Lazarus anyway?) Huntington, Lord Caire. I did not like him as much as I liked the heroine. He really had me be so mad how he treated Temperance, especially in the beginning and the middle where he "enjoyed hurting her just so he can sooth her, just to hurt her again" (this is something he said himself, which I thought made him a complete ass towards her. He did do things that made me like him but I just couldn't get over the bad stuff he did so I can't say I fell in love with the hero like I did the heroine 
 The ending was so fluffy though ^.^ That I will admit 
 Overall, I thought it was a good start to the series