“So tell me, Miss Wilson, why should I employ you as a governess?”

Penniless and desperate, Miss Grace Wilson needs to escape London as soon as possible. And securing a governess position up North seems like an option too good to be true. Especially when her master leaves her so breathless.

Jeremy Nelson, the Earl of Blackwood, has suffered a lot in the name of love. Left with a daughter he is not even sure is his own, he can’t stand staying in his own house for more than a day.

But with the enchanting governess haunting his manor and his dreams, Jeremy is drawn to her like a moth to a flame. What he realizes a little too late is that he is not the only one after her. For behind a fair facade, white lies hidden is frightening…