Seven years ago, on the eve of her wedding, Lady Jessica Sheffield witnessed a scene so scandalous she could not erase it from her memory. Shocked, yet strangely titillated, she nevertheless walked down the aisle into a life serene yet unremarkable. But what she kept hidden fueled wildly imaginative and very illicit dreams. . Alistair Caulfield ran far from the temptation of the prim debutante--all the way to the West Indies. As a successful merchant,...

Ann Wyinter is managing quite well as a governess to three highborn young ladies. Her job can be a challenge. She also tends to the wounds of the oh-so-dashing Earl of Winstead. He's the first man who has ruly tempted her, and it's getting harder and harder to remind herself that a governess has no business flirting with a nobleman.