The Wild Rose — Rebecca Ward

RENDERING MISS ST. HELM SOCIALLY ACCEPATBLE WOULD BE A HERCULEAN CHALLENGE.

Rosamund St. Helm was wild to a fault, having been raised in the wilderness of Canada, consorting with--good heavens!--shopkeepers and fur traders. Her frank speech, her admitted association with unsuitable persons, and her insane ideas about servants and underlings promised social disgrace. She needed a strong hand, and the very man who could get her to cut line was Julian, the Earl of Hawkley.

Rosamund quickly realized that Hawkley was a product of England, controlled by its pretensions--in short, a starch-shirted, high-in-the-instep member of the upper crust. He was, however, devilishly handsome and quite determined to bring her up to the mark. But the impossible Miss St. Helm had a mind of her own--and a heart that suddenly turned quite traitorous....