The Butler's Borrowed Bride
(2026)(The ninth book in the Brides of Miss Mabel's Registry series)
A novel by London James
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 reason: 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 best: 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.
Genre: Inspirational
Jasper Carlisle came to the Morgan household for one reason: 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 best: 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.
Genre: Inspirational
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