Stolen Kisses — Karen Lockwood

Clare Charlton adored little Vicky as if she were her very own daughter. But as Vicky's hot-tempered father was quick to point out, Clare was merely a governess. And though he hadn't seen his child for years, Alec Douglas dared to storm the house and take her away...
Clare was heartbroken--and determined to reunite with the girl she cared for so deeply. Even if it meant starting a battle with the most arrogant man she'd ever met. Even if it meant risking everything.

But as the prim governess and the proud lord matched wits and waged war, they grew to realize what young Vicky could already see: that the fierce love the two shared for a motherless child would bloom into a powerful and passionate devotion to each other as well...