Lady Ruth Constance Chapelstone and the Parisian Thief - The Lady Ruth Constance Chapelstone Chronicles, #2

Treason is a serious crime, and Ruth has an inkling that execution will not agree with her... After refusing to build an army of robotic men for Queen Victoria, Lady Ruth had hidden away the schematics. She should have burned them. When reports of robotic men in Paris make their way to England, Lady Ruth is accused of treason. Given a single chance to find the schematics and return them to England, Ruth is racing against the clock if she wants to save her neck, as well as the world from the destruction she may have wrought.
Lady Ruth Constance Chapelstone and the Parisian Thief is the second book in the Lady Ruth Constance Chapelstone Chronicles steampunk novella trilogy.