He mistook her for another man's mistress -- and found he wanted her for his own!
SHE HAD NEVER BEFORE SUFFERED SO KEEN AN AWARENESS OF JUST HOW FAR SHE'D COME DOWN IN THE WORLD....
If it weren't enough that Miss Tabitha Minchin's carriage broke down and she was late presenting herself as the Elphinstones' governess, Mr. Vivien Sanders would come crashing into her room at the inn, half-foxed, in the dead of night!
Lest she land in a scandal broth, Tabby withheld her name from that wickedly handsome gentleman and proceeded to the Elphinstone manse, where a rackety lot awaited her attention. Between foiling elopements and retrieving letters to ladybirds, Mr. Sanders was forever popping up in her path.
But in playing the coy miss, she had allowed Sanders to think the worst of her. And as time went on, she cursed herself for a fool for risking his regard, perhaps forever....
Click on any of the links above to see more books like this one.