A Perplexing Regency Romance (The League of Meddling Butlers #5)

The League of Butlers, a secret club of six elite butlers all managing households in the environs of Grosvenor Square, are back in Town and ready to take on another matchmaking adventure.

Mr. Matthew Browning, butler to the Duke of Greystone, is to take the lead this season. He is confident of his success on several fronts. One, his duke is a Finstatten—a storied family with a long and glorious history. Two, the duke has turned twenty-seven and it is a family tradition that he wed by the end of this year. And three, Mr. Browning will oversee the operations, so...

The League of Butlers, a secret club of six elite butlers all managing households in the environs of Grosvenor Square, are back in Town and ready to take on another matchmaking adventure.

Mr. Matthew Browning, butler to the Duke of Greystone, is to take the lead this season. He is confident of his success on several fronts. One, his duke is a Finstatten—a storied family with a long and glorious history. Two, the duke has turned twenty-seven and it is a family tradition that he wed by the end of this year. And three, Mr. Browning will oversee the operations, so success is assured.

Hugh Finstatten, the current Duke of Finstatten, must wed this year. It’s not as if he is against it. In fact, he’d have done it already if he could have found the lady who would suit. He could not exactly express what he was looking for, but the ladies he had met so far were not it. He would know her when he saw her. He just had not seen her yet.

Miss Finella Fernsby goes into the season knowing she has several things running against her. Her father is a newly minted baron. She did not grow up as a lord’s daughter. She lost her mother early in life, so she has not had the benefit of a feminine guiding hand. And then the biggest hurdle of all. Her person. She is too short, definitely. And she is too round, probably. What she does have going for her is the sponsorship of the Duchess of Ralston.

A dangerous regatta, overheard insults, misdirected flowers, a devious sister, and a butler going rogue, all do their part to keep these two people apart. Love will need to be stalwart to succeed against all these hurdles.