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The Butler's Borrowed Bride
2026
First Published
4.74
Average Rating
192
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Lark Morgan has only weeks to endure her parents’ relentless parade of “approved” suitors before they leave for Europe, and once they’re gone, she plans to slip away from San Francisco for good. Jasper Carlisle came to the Morgan household for one work. Hired for one night as an extra butler for a lavish party, he intends to keep his head down, earn his wages, and stay invisible long enough to save what he needs to leave the city behind. When one humiliating evening turns Lark’s suitor parade into something she can’t politely laugh off, Jasper makes a split-second choice that draws him into her affairs. And Miss Mabel Blessington is there to see everything. Unfortunately, that single act of decency leaves Jasper seen and Lark cornered—two problems polite society will happily make worse. Lark needs time, and Jasper needs a clean escape. Fortunately, Miss Mabel does what she does she finds one solution that answers both. A courtship. Or at least the pretend kind. No expectations, no promises, and absolutely no falling in love. When the wrong person begins asking the right questions, Jasper’s past edges into the light, and the arrangement starts to crack. Will they walk away as they always intended… or stay and fight for the person they were never meant to need? They ask for quiet, obedient brides. Mabel sends them the ones with fire._Full of laugh-out-loud banter, heartfelt faith, and sweet frontier romance, The Brides of Miss Mabel’s Registry is a series of wholesome, charming love stories where opposites attract, sparks fly, and happily ever after comes with a few unexpected detours._

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Author

London James
London James
Author · 32 books

Welcome to my little corner of the internet! So who am I? Well, it’s quite simple actually. Of course, first and foremost, I’m a wife and mother. However, along with those two hats, I’m also a Sweet Historical and Contemporary Romance author who writes in her fuzzy pants and loves her horses and her cats! Love historical romance? Well, then strap on those petticoats, travel back in time, and go on adventures with my sweet Historical Romances. Not feeling historical today? I have a few sweet Contemporary Romances, too! And if you are looking for something with a little more heat (not too much, but more smooching and some fade-to-black scenes), then check out my titles written under the name Angela Christina Archer

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