It seems the thief was a member of the aristocracy and may have fled to Kenya. I am trying very hard not to pick a fight about it, because after all, we are in paradise! Darcy finally confides that there have been robberies in London and Paris. Now that we are here, I suspect he has actually been sent to fulfill another secret mission. I was so excited when Darcy announced out of the blue that we were flying to Kenya for our extended honeymoon. Something rotten is afoot-and bringing the place up to snuff may put me six feet under before I even get a chance to walk down the aisle…

Not to mention the gas tap leak in my bedroom, which I can only imagine was an attempt on my life. The grounds are in disarray and the small staff is suspiciously incompetent. Mistress of Eynsleigh I shall be! With Darcy off in parts unknown, I head to Eynsleigh alone, only to have my hopes dashed. Just as we start to lose hope, my globetrotting godfather offers us his fully staffed country estate. House hunting turns out to be a pretty grim affair. But before Darcy and I tie the knot in front of queen and country, we have to find a place to live as man and wife… Silly me! I thought that withdrawing from the royal line of succession would simplify my life. If only Darcy and I had eloped! What I thought would be a simple wedding has been transformed into a grand affair, thanks to the attendance of the queen, who has offered up the princesses as bridesmaids. With all this subterfuge, it seems something is bound to go horribly wrong -and Georgie will no doubt be left to pick up the pieces when it does.īuy it: | Amazon | BN.com | Book Passage | Audible Audiobook Then her actress mother shows up, with a not-so-little task to perform. And her dashing beau Darcy’s (naturally) working undercover on a dangerous mission. Plus, she needs to hide Belinda’s delicate condition from the other guests. She soon discovers that she attended finishing school with the hostess of the party -and the hatred they had for each other then has barely dimmed. Only that’s as far as Georgie’s fortune takes her. What luck! A chance to see Belinda, even if it is under the guise of stopping unwanted nuptials. Simpson have been invited, and Her Majesty is anxious to thwart a possible secret wedding. The Prince of Wales and the dreadful Mrs. If only she could find a way to get there! But then opportunity presents itself in a most unexpected way -her cousin the queen asks her to attend a house party in the Italian Lake Country.

When royal sleuth Georgie Rannoch receives a letter from her dearest friend Belinda, who’s in an Italian villa awaiting the birth of her illegitimate baby, she yearns to run to her side.

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