Defy or Defend (Delightfully Deadly, #2)

by Gail Carriger

Listed under her susceptibilities and weaknesses were expensive jewelry, baked meringues, and handsome men. Also noted was the fact that, while weaknesses, no one was quite certain whether these might be exploited, as she’d encountered a great deal of all three during her service to the Crown and to date had never lost her wits over any of them. But the file said it was a possibility. Cris thought he’d like to try all three at once.

Never leave an open bottle near a clergyman, a writer, or an academic. Not if you want it back again.