Wild Serenade — Lisa Bingham

Although she hasn't a whit of experience, Patience Pedigue is sure she can be a good governess. She knows Latin, is very neat, and is extremely proper. When she arrives at Miss Bodrill's School for Young Ladies, she feels ready to meet her new charge, nine-year-old Emaline Dalton. But what she finds is a screaming, wild-eyed urchin who looks as though she's never had a bath! What on earth is a young governess to do?

When Nantucket shipping magnate Captain Garrick Dalton enlisted Patience's services, he neglected to tell her his sister Emaline was raised by a primitive tribe after being lost in a shipwreck. Nor did he mention that a killer was stalking the child. Even more audaciously, the handsome captain has now created a plan to save Emaline's life -- one that includes marrying Patience! Even though she melts in his strong arms, Patience soon realizes she is in double danger: of an unknown enemy coming closer...and of losing both the child and man who have stolen her heart.