Sophie Talbot is on an inadvertent adventure after dunking her brother-in-law in a fish pond. She chooses to hide as the Marquess of Eversley's (known as King) footman. King tries to get rid of Sophie, though not very hard as his protective nature seems to take over. 
 I just finished the third book in the series, The Day of the Duchess, and realized that I hadn't read the first book so I grabbed a copy to get some back story for the protagonists in that book (The Duke of Haven is the brother-in-law who got dunked) and also because I love Sarah MacLean's writing. This was a good story though I didn't enjoy it as much as The Day of the Duchess which I loved. This was mostly due to Eversley; it was just spoiled and obnoxious throughout most of the book. I get he was traumatized by an event in his past, but he's a grown man. And while protective of Sophie, he was also very rude and mean to her for most of the book. The gambit that worked for Sera in landing Haven in the third book didn't work nearly as well here; I didn't buy Eversley's rage at being caught as I did Haven's. Still, it was a good book and I definitely recommend the series.