Matthew Jordan, Viscount Bramley, only son of the Earl of Wisterley, has spent the past few seasons in Town sowing some oats. Very little has troubled him, but trouble has currently relocated into his house. His father, the earl, has arrived and he is determined his son wed in all haste. The old soldier is fixated on his son procuring a whopping dowry to prop up the estate.
Lady Constance Condower, daughter of the Earl of DeWitton, seems to come into her season with a respectable, albeit not eye-watering, dowry of three thousand pounds. Lady...
Six Meddling Butlers and a Baffling Lady.
Matthew Jordan, Viscount Bramley, only son of the Earl of Wisterley, has spent the past few seasons in Town sowing some oats. Very little has troubled him, but trouble has currently relocated into his house. His father, the earl, has arrived and he is determined his son wed in all haste. The old soldier is fixated on his son procuring a whopping dowry to prop up the estate.
Lady Constance Condower, daughter of the Earl of DeWitton, seems to come into her season with a respectable, albeit not eye-watering, dowry of three thousand pounds. Lady Constance has a secret though—through a distant relation she is an heiress of twenty-three thousand pounds. All in her sphere are determined to keep the secret, thereby throwing fortune hunters off the scent.
Mr. Harold P. Wilburn, butler to the Earl of Wisterley, considers himself the unnamed director of The League, an elite and secret club of six refined butlers. He has carefully composed his words to his esteemed colleagues, gently hinting that his earl desires Lord Bramley to secure a sizable dowry without having to come right out and say it is required to buoy up a sinking ship.
As the season progresses, the earl and his butler take every opportunity to throw two particular ladies in front of Lord Bramley—Lady Juniper and Miss Semper are the heiresses of the season. Lord Bramley, confoundingly, keeps going in another direction. Lady Constance’s direction. An unsuitable direction.
As for Lady Constance, she is certain somebody knows about her inheritance, though she is not certain if that person is Lord Bramley. Fortunately, Lady Constance, Lady Juniper, and Miss Semper join forces, determined to get to the truth.
After a mysterious letter arrives, it seems all is lost for Bramley. Love hangs in the balance, and it will be up to Lady Constance to unravel a Gordian knot of opposing facts.
