A Suitable Husband

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A chef from the slums, however talented, is no fit mate for the cousin of a duke, however distant. But Cedrica can dream.

As the Duchess of Haverford’s companion, Cedrica Grenford is not treated as a poor relation and is encouraged to mingle with Her Grace’s guests. Perhaps among the gentlemen gathered for the duchess’s house party, she will find a suitable husband?

Marcel Fournier has only one ambition: to save enough from his fees serving as chef in the houses of the ton to become the proprietor of his own fine restaurant. An affair with the duchess’s dependent would be dangerous. Anything else is impossible. Isn’t it?

(This novella first appeared in the Bluestocking Belles Christmas collection, Holly and Hopeful Hearts)