The Defiant Governess

A Lady's Deception

Lady Jane Stanhope, vowing that no one would bridle her spirit, had devised the most extraordinary plan to escape an arranged marriage. The high-spirited, highborn, and highly pampered Lady Jane was running away...to enter service!

As governess to the ward of the mysterious Marquess of Saybrook, Lady Jane was posing as a plain Jane in order to keep her independence. Before long this most unconventional governess was winning the heart of the melancholy little boy in her charge--and losing her own to the haughty, extremely handsome lord of the manor. Alas, Jane knew that the most a titled gentleman could offer a mere governess was--ruin. Now Jane had to find a way to be a lady again--before she gave in to the temptation of the Marquess's kisses....

Hero: Edward, Marquess of Saybrook
Heroine: Lady Jane Stanhope