This Wicked Man — Kate Harper

Meg Holstock, a bluestocking and a spinster, cannot believe it when she ends up as the guardian of her orphaned nephew. A failed governess, she knows nothing about children and even less about those that are grieving.
Thrust into the wilds of Surrey - and the dubious charms of a rundown cottage - she believes life will be singularly dull. But that is before she meets her neighbor, a sinfully wicked viscount whose reputation for seduction is legendary. Her well meaning neighbors warn her to stay away and even the man himself seems inclined to think she would be a fool to dally with him, but she cannot stay away.
What is it about this wicked man that urges her to break the rules? And how can she convince someone who believes himself to be beyond redemption that the heart is always capable of resurrection?