I love the concept behind Desperate Duchesses, Jemma and Beaumont are definitely the defining couple of the series, the main problem with this is that they dominate every scene they're in until I wasn't even sure which couple was supposed to have their HEA in this novel.

Roberta is a bit of a ninny, this isn't something to be hidden away. She's fallen in love with Villiers after glimpsing him across a ballroom and comes to London to be sponsored by Jemma, her 5th times removed cousin? She's unaware of possibly the most important fact about Villiers, that he's obsessed with Chess! Luckily Jemma's brother Damon is on hand to distract her.

Cue distraction. And a silly scene in a boat.