The Valet

A bit formulaic but well written. Theodore is a footman who has been filling in as the valet of the manor but turns it down when it is offered as his permanent position as he aspires to be a butler instead. Enter Richard, a very attractive valet that just finished a job at Kensington Palace but wanted to move out of the city and closer to his family roots. There's an instant attraction from both of them but Ted is more uptight and decides to instead avoid Richard as much as possible. This doesn't work, of course, and only makes the attraction stronger. Meanwhile, another footman (who Ted mistakenly made a move on in the past) and lady's maid are out to bring Ted down a peg with dangerous pranks as homosexuality is still very much illegal in England.
There are some other side characters here among the rest of the house staff but otherwise doesn't really go into detail of the daily going-ons of the house and their work.
It felt more dense than a thin ~120 pages which I think is a good thing. However, the POV shifts between the characters randomly in some spots but most of the book is from Ted's and I also found some errors in my copy so a comb through from an editor wouldn't have hurt.