So Russia during the Regency period, I haven't read a lot of these, employed some langugage handwavium (mostly true, court stuff was in English and French for the most part but if our heroine wants to involve herself with charitable apotecary works she would need to learn Russian, no question about that but it's a minor hitch in what is otherwise quite an interesting story of a woman who goes to help someone find truth and also finds love. Her hero is the second son of aristocracy and the next count is his ward. He's not sure he wants to deal with the complications of children rather than being a soldier.

The mystery was a little rushed and felt like it was almost an afterthought but the romance was pretty good. ( )