The Matter of the Secret Bride by Darcie Wilde is a mystery set in a historical era. The story premise is based on the illegal marriage between Mrs Fitzherbert and King George. Rosalind Thorne was asked by Mrs Fitzherbert to find a missing certificate. Upon questioning Rosalind was able to determine that the marriage certificate was stolen from Mrs Fitzherberts house and would cause a scandal of huge proportions to the king and his present wife.
Rosalind makes her living off finding lost things and helping women with their delicate problems. She is resourceful and quite doggered in her pursuit of the truth and is skilled at helping people deal with the tonne and all their snobbish ways. The Matter of the Secret Bride is the 8th book in this series and the second that I have read. Rosalind is helped out by a number of friends including her love interest Adam Harkness.
The novel does twist and turn as you would hope a mystery would and does really give Rosalind and her friends difficulties. While I like the characters and the premise, I found I was less invested with this novel than the prior one I read. None-the-less I believe that The Matter of the Secret Bride by Darcie Wilde will be a good read for many.
