A magical butler, the illegitimate daughter of a duke. What could go wrong? Edmund Blake’s Duke was dying. So Edmund was on a mission to bring back Duke Harold’s illegitimate daughter to become the Duchess. He finds Ilene working as a bar maid in her mother’s inn in Edoran. Pursued by Witchhunters, attacked by the minions of the only other possible heir and the criminals he owes money to, can Ilene and Edmund make it safely to the Duchy? Will his household magic be enough to save them? And can he teach Ilene enough about how Albi nobles behave for her to be accepted in society? Downton Abbey meets My Fair Lady in this fantasy of magic, manners, and forbidden love.

After a wild and dangerous trip to Wellspring and an attack aimed at replacing her, the Duchess of Wellspring, Her Grace Ilene Tatsuka Marbury, faces yet another daunting task - finding a husband. A task made more difficult because her Butler, Edmund Blake, is the man she would choose to marry. But marrying a commoner is forbidden. At Court, she faces trickery, intrigue, personal slander, and fashion faux pas as she tries to decide who to marry. She finds a possible husband in Lord Simon Percival, but she still loves Edmund Blake. Then marriage becomes a secondary concern when Albi is invaded. Can Ilene survive both the Court and the war? And will she get her happy ending at long last?