When Captain Pendleton needs an emergency fiancรฉe, who better to turn to than his male best friend? After all, for Amadeo Orsini, lifeโs one long, happy drag!
Captain Ambrose โPenโ Pendleton might have distinguished himself on the battlefield at Waterloo but since heโs come home to civvy street, heโs struggled to make his mark.
Pen dreams of becoming a playwright but his ambitious father has other ideas, including a trophy wife and a new job in America. If heโs to stand a hope of staying in England and pursuing his dream, Pen needs to find a fiancรฉe fast.
Amadeo Orsini never made it as a leading man, but as a leading lady heโs the toast of the continental stage. Now Cosima is about to face her most challenging role yet, that of Captain Pendletonโs secret amour.
With the help of a talking theatrical parrot who never forgets his lines, Orsini throws on his best frock, slaps on the rouge and sets out to save Pen from the clutches of Miss Harriet Tarbottom and her scheming parents.
As friendship turns into love, will the captain be able to write a happy ending for himself and Orsini before the curtain falls?