Being a City Guardian deals more with mud, dirt, blood, and fire than Louisa ever imagined.

The tiaras and good manners her mother envisioned for her didn't come with this job or Louisa's assistant's position either. Although, she just might get to meet the Queen if she keeps her nose clean. During a routine stop at her frenemy's lair, Louisa is caught between two sides of a small credenza, with claustrophobia issues and manure on her boots.

The Judge comes to call demanding a new weapon, sparking his engineering princess's dark side. Time is fleeting as Louisa hunts to discover where the next crime will take place, without revealing her identity to the one man who's sworn to help her. But time isn't the only thing on the run when the constabulary catch her in the act.