The Gallant Governess

The Scandalous Perils of Love...

Well born and gently bred, Claudia Barnett knew only the graceful country life of her family's ancient estate. Then a shocking reversal cast her out into an often cruel world. Tremulous but undaunted, Claudia became a governess chaperon to a willful beauty in her London season.

There, amid the routs and revels, an unexpected love awakened Claudia's heart. Sir Richard Neville was tall, irresistibly handsome--a proud and noble lord. He was also, in Claudia's circumstances, as unreachable as the moon ... Still, in a bold escapade to save her charge's honor, Claudia threw her own reputation to the winds--and risked the ultimate prize of true love's fine and perfect bliss ...