by Rhys Bowen
Part of Her Royal Spyness, book 12
First published 2018
Lady Georgiana Rannoch thought stepping away from royal succession would make life simpler. She was wrong. Her wedding to Darcy O'Mara has ballooned into a royal spectacle with the queen attending and the princesses serving as bridesmaids. The couple needs somewhere to live after the ceremony, but house hunting proves disappointing until Georgiana's globe-trotting godfather offers his country estate, Eynsleigh. Georgiana arrives alone to take charge of the property while Darcy travels on mysterious business. The estate disappoints immediately. The grounds look neglected and the small staff appears deliberately incompetent. Then someone tampers with the gas tap in her bedroom, creating a potentially lethal leak. Georgiana realizes someone wants her dead before she can walk down the aisle. She must identify the threat and restore Eynsleigh to proper condition while dodging further murder attempts. The stakes climb as her wedding date approaches and the dangers multiply.
Genres: romance, 20th-century, mystery, 21st-century
Vibes: atmospheric, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: Eynsleigh, United Kingdom
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
299 pages · Kindle Edition · Berkley