Ambrose Manning, Duke of Staines, has the worst luck in wives and lovers. A widow for fifteen years, he's busy running his gentleman's club, take's pleasure from transient lovers, and relies on Francis Redding to provide intelligent companionship between social engagements. There is only one problem with his relationship with Redding—the man would make the perfect lover, if only he wasn't a dependant servant.

Life-long footman to the Duke of Staines, Francis is hardly a stranger to the disappointment of unreachable dreams or the duke's unorthodox love life. He's lived in the duke's shadow for most of his life, trained as a surgeon at his request, too, and has all too frequently kept the duke out of trouble. It's not a bad life for a farmer's son, until the duke's luck finally runs out and its up to Redding to save him from himself.

A gay regency romance novella