The Bridal Quest (Matchmakers #2)

THE NEXT DAY Francesca and Irene began their campaign to improve Gideon’s marriage prospects. There was, Lady Odelia had assured them, no time to waste. The prospective brides had been invited and were expected to arrive in a little over a week.

Irene and Francesca met in the dining room after breakfast was over.

Gideon, however, was late by almost thirty minutes.

Perhaps, Irene thought with some annoyance, the man had overslept this morning after his midnight tryst. The more she had thought about it, the more likely it seemed that Lord Radbourne had been sneaking away to meet a woman.