Summer is sweltering in Kingston. Nottie Thompson has been the Assistant to Advisor Nehemiah Smedley for less than a year, and already she's feeling the pressure of her position. Now, on top of answering letters and attending international conferences, she has to join the palace guard. At least Dev is supposed to join with her, if he ever finds a spare second between his romance with Fritz Engel and organizing Kingston's annual Midsummer Parade. And on top of everything else, Pickett Randolph is starting to need an assistant too, someone Nottie may have to work with for the rest of her life. But who could take over for Pickett Randolph?