Despite her disastrous London debut, Millicent Edgebrook has proven skilled at securing matchesโfor every young lady but herself. Resigned to spinsterhood, and eager to gain independence from her lovable but eccentric uncle, Millie joins the Everton Domestic Society. Her first assignment: find a bride for Preston Knowles, Duke of Middleton. How difficult can it be to secure a match for a handsome, eligible aristocrat? As difficult, it seems, as resisting her own attraction to the dukeโฆ
Preston has promised himself not to be ruined by love. After being rebuffed by two perfectly respectable candidates, heโd rather remain happily single for the rest of his life...if only his mother would let him. Yet suddenly, heโs fantasizing about the lovely matchmaker sheโs hiredโthe least suitable bride imaginable. Millieโs past is shrouded in scandal, and the Everton Society forbids relations between employees and clients. But even with so many obstacles against them, Preston longs to convince the woman he adores that love trumps rules every timeโฆ