Lady Georgiana Rannoch juggles secret missions from the Queen, her
beau, and her mother in this mystery in the Royal Spyness series.
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. 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. The Prince of Wales and the dreadful Mrs.
Simpson have been invited, and Her Majesty is anxious to thwart a
possible secret wedding.
What luck! A chance to see Belinda, even if it is under the guise of
stopping unwanted nuptials. Only that's as far as Georgie's fortune
takes her. 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. Plus, she needs to hide Belinda's delicate condition
from the other guests. And her dashing beau, Darcy's (naturally) working
undercover on a dangerous mission. Then her actress mother shows up,
with a not-so-little task to perform. 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.