Dress designer raised by scam artists pursues man-of-leisure duke to give him a hard pitch on dressing his long distance kinda sorta fiancé-to-be. He unexpectedly pursues her back.

3 POVs, 3rd person past tense, 1830s high society/fashion romance, Paris & London, medium-low spice, mole mystery subplot, MCs mid to late 20s.

Pacing can lag in the back half, but I burned through the first half. It has similar pacing vibes to Chase's A Duke in Shining Armor.

Our girl has some business boy energy- she's doing things "for business" because "it's just business" a lot. This usually rings true to character, but there's a few moments it's a little much.

Her background is super interesting and her relationship with her family is an excellent push-pull internal motivator.

Idk why I thought the Dressmakers series wouldn't be super fashiony, but for what it's worth, this book is super fashiony. 

Our duke is pretty chill and Chase does a good job of showing someone's feelings and point of view without him necessarily having both hands around why he just did that thing.

Sex scenes - if you have an outfit kink or love an undressing scene, this is the one for you. 

Narrator - it's a Kate Reading performance and she's so consistently solid you know what you're in for.