The Secret Diary — Martha Kirkland

One Glance

A catch of the breath. A beat of the heart. And Miss Olivia Mallory is gone. Over the moon at the ripe age of five and twenty. The man who has captured her attention: the roguish-- and dangerous--Lord David Crighton. A former British spy, Crighton is a peer among peers, a man among men. And Miss Mallory--a simple country girl--would do well to watch her step.

But Livvy's purpose in coming to London is not to fall in love. It is to find a publisher for her deceased cousin's love poems--and the man who served as their inspiration. She knows his name begins with a "D." And when Livvy discovers that Crighton was once called "The Bard of Eton," she can't help but think her cousin's secret admirer is the same man whose words have set her own heart ablaze...

Hero: Lord David Crighton (The Bard of Eton)
Heroine: Miss Olivia Mallory