1. Her Royal Spyness
Lady Georgiana Rannoch, a distant and impoverished member of the royal family, leaves Castle Rannoch for London after her brother cuts off her allowance. She secretly works as a domestic servant and is asked by the Queen to watch the Prince of Wales, but her efforts…
2. A Royal Pain
The Queen orders Georgie to host Princess Hanni of Bavaria in the hope that the lively young woman will attract the Prince of Wales. Georgie has almost no money with which to feed or entertain her guest, and Hanni’s enthusiasm for nightclubs, gangster slang and political…
3. Royal Flush
After an attempt to earn money as a society companion ends badly, Georgie is sent back to Scotland to avoid gossip. At Castle Rannoch she is told to keep Wallis Simpson away from the Prince of Wales and then recruited to observe a shooting party at…
4. Royal Blood
Georgie is sent to represent the British royal family at the wedding of her former school friend, Princess Maria Theresa, in a remote Transylvanian castle. The gloomy surroundings, rumours of vampires and the strange behaviour of several guests make the visit unsettling even before a prominent…
5. Naughty in Nice
The Queen sends Georgie to the French Riviera to recover a stolen royal snuffbox from an unscrupulous Englishman. In Nice, Georgie is drawn into the fashionable world of casinos, parties and couture when Coco Chanel asks her to model a new design, while Darcy’s appearance with…
6. The Twelve Clues of Christmas
Eager to escape a bleak Christmas at Castle Rannoch, Georgie takes temporary work as hostess for a wealthy holiday party in the village of Tiddleton-under-Lovey. The picturesque setting is disrupted by a series of deaths dismissed as accidents, each of which appears to echo a detail…
7. Heirs and Graces
Georgie is asked to prepare Jack Altringham, a newly discovered heir raised in the Australian outback, for life in British high society. At Kingsdowne Place, the existing relatives resent Jack’s arrival, and the duke further destabilizes the household by announcing that he may choose a different…
8. Queen of Hearts
Georgie accompanies her actress mother to America, where a quick divorce in Reno is meant to clear the way for another marriage. During the Atlantic crossing, a film producer recruits Georgie’s mother for a Hollywood picture, while Darcy pursues a jewel thief among the same wealthy…
9. Malice at the Palace
The Queen appoints Georgie as companion to Princess Marina of Greece before her marriage to Prince George. Living at Kensington Palace, Georgie is expected to introduce Marina to London and suppress rumours about the prince’s previous relationships. When a society woman believed to have been one…
10. Crowned and Dangerous
Darcy takes Georgie away from London and proposes marriage, but their plans require royal permission because he is a Roman Catholic and neither of them has much money. Before they can arrange the wedding, Darcy learns that his father has been arrested in Ireland for murdering…
11. On Her Majesty’s Frightfully Secret Service
Georgie accepts the Queen’s request to attend a house party in northern Italy, where she is expected to prevent the Prince of Wales and Wallis Simpson from arranging a secret marriage. The journey also gives her a chance to visit Belinda, who is hiding her pregnancy…
12. Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding
As Georgie prepares to marry Darcy, her godfather offers the couple the use of Eynsleigh, his country estate. Georgie arrives to organize the household before the royal wedding and finds neglected grounds, an evasive staff and a succession of mishaps that suggest someone does not want…
13. Love and Death Among the Cheetahs
Georgie and Darcy travel to Kenya for their honeymoon, although Georgie soon discovers that Darcy is also investigating a series of robberies linked to a member of the aristocracy. Their search leads them into the wealthy and reckless Happy Valley community, where affairs, debts and bitter…
14. The Last Mrs Summers
While Darcy is away, Georgie accompanies Belinda to inspect a cottage she has inherited in Cornwall. The property is uninhabitable, so they accept an invitation to stay at Trewoma Hall with Rose Summers and her husband Tony, a man with whom Belinda once had an affair.…
15. God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen
Georgie and Darcy spend Christmas near Sandringham after Darcy’s aunt hints that the Queen wants Georgie close to the royal family. Wallis Simpson is also present, but Georgie soon learns that the Queen is less concerned with gossip than with several suspicious deaths and a shooting…
16. Peril in Paris
Pregnant and restless at Eynsleigh, Georgie travels with Darcy to Paris and stays with Belinda, who is working on Coco Chanel’s new collection. Darcy asks Georgie to retrieve an item covertly from a guest at Chanel’s fashion show as part of his latest intelligence assignment. The…
17. The Proof of the Pudding
While awaiting the birth of her child, Georgie hosts a house party at Eynsleigh to welcome Sir Hubert home and introduce her new French chef. A visiting Gothic novelist later borrows the chef for a banquet at his nearby manor, whose grounds include a carefully maintained…
18. We Three Queens
In late 1936, King Edward asks Darcy and Georgie to hide Wallis Simpson at Eynsleigh while he considers whether he can marry her and remain king. Georgie must keep their controversial guest out of sight while caring for her new baby and managing a crowded household.…
19. From Cradle to Grave
Searching in London for a replacement nanny, Georgie learns that several healthy young men from fashionable families have died suddenly in incidents described as accidents. The victims appear unconnected, but the repetition convinces Georgie and her friend ZouZou that someone is selecting them. Georgie traces the…
20. To Crown It All
While preparing for a royal coronation, Georgie receives a coded plea from her mother, who is being watched by German officials. Georgie and Darcy arrange for her to return to England as a coronation guest, but a government minder follows her to Eynsleigh and the household…