In the book, Georgie is a cousin through a fictitious (and additional) daughter of Queen Victoria who married the Duke of Rannoch. I have to be honest, I know very little about the monarchy in the UK (or whatever it was called back then.Empire?) The King/Queen in this book are the parents of the guy who did a bunker from succession and his brother (the man from The King's Speech) became King. The other is from her cousin, the King and Queen of the UK, inviting her to a reception at Buckingham Palace. Two letters arrive for Georgie, one from Lord and Lady Merriman at Broxley Manor who have invited her a masked ball at their house. Georgie has just completed her first season (and most likely only season as she has limited funds) at the age of nineteen. The family Rannoch, composed of Georgiana (Georgie), her brother the Duke (Duke of Rannoch, known in the family as Binky) and the Duchess (known as Fig) are in the morning room of the house. This is the same month and year of the Market Crash of 1929, which kicked the Great Depression into hyperdrive. The year our book begins is 1929, in October.

Is Belgrave still super expensive? Probably.

The novella begins at Rannoch House, located in the illustrious Belgrave Square. I actually read it after reading about ten books in the series. This is a quick novella that you don't have to read to begin the series.

Her royal spyness books in order