Lady in Question Book

Delia (Philadelphia Effington) and St. Stephens: Delia is the good twin, the quiet one who decides to embark upon a grand adventure with a rake, sleeps with him, he insists on marriage, a few days later, he is murdered. She inherits his home and a substantial fortune. Turns out her husband had been a spy who had used her in order to get close to her family in order to get to a notebook containing "The Effington Papers", which has inflammatory (and false) information against the Effingtons and their influence. The marriage to Delia was an unexpected twist that none of the colleagues had expected and also resulted in a huge scandal for her and her family.

Upon Delia's return to London, she takes up residence in her inherited home which has a new staff (spies) which are protecting her because now she is a suspect in the death of her husband. St. Stephens is also a spy and has been away from society for years. He is Delia's new butler and in a disguise of an older man. Delia is supernice and the staff adores her because of it. Her twin is banned from visiting her because of her influence and she's very much alone; she befriends her butler and they spend long hours talking. He is quite taken with her.

Delia's family decides to welcome her back into society although she is only 6 months into her mourning period, she has attended a ball at Effington house. St. Stephens is at the party and is asked to meet with the Duke, Delia's uncle who turns out to be the head of the agency, St. Stephen's superior. He knows about him posing as butler and tells him to do the right thing with his neice, which I take it to mean marry her as she can't be living in a house by herself without a chaperone. By this point he is smitten with her anyway. Delia is eager to dance and luckily, her identical twin sister has arranged for her to change into a dress identical to her own so that she do so. She ends up dancing in the Viscount's arms and then the story drags out for a bit…she is scared to tell him she's Delia, not Cassie which he already knows and then he needs to confess that he's really the butler. She's looking for a "grand adventure", fire in the home, she finds out the truth, something else happens, I forgot…these two get married. Really sweet story.