Folly's Reward — Jean R. Ewing

WAYLAID BY LOVE...

Miss Prudence Drake sought to keep her young charge, six-year-old Lord Dunraven, from the clutches of his cruel guardian by fleeing with him to a Scottish seaside cottage. She has no time for a shipwrecked gentleman. But as he lay on the cold beach, the nearly drowned stranger turned his magnificent blue eyes on the straitlaced Prudence and asked for her aid. He had lost his way, his memory, and nearly his life. However, he had retained his courtly manners... and his ability to steal a kiss.

Prudence was thoroughly shocked and utterly intrigued. Was this mystery man a rake of the ton, a french spy, or a secret hero? She had no time to help him recover his identity; yet as danger closed in, she needed an ally to help transport Lord Dunraven to safety. But Prudence's desperate journey could sweep her toward a very different peril -- as an intrepid governess and a nameless aristocrat forgot their class distinctions and lost their hearts....