The Determined Bachelor — Judith Harkness

THE COUNTERFEIT GOVERNESS

Anne Calder was a headstrong young woman, unwilling to marry some dull country squire and stubbornly set on earning her living as a London novelist. But before she could follow her first successful book with a second, Anne had to find an entree into London society. And what better method could she use than to assume the guise of a governess and secure employment with Sir Basil Ives. Chaperoning his ward allowed Anne to mingle with the upper crust while closely observing Sir Basil himself. Handsome, arrogant, icily proper, and one of England's top diplomats, Sir Basil would make a perfect character for her novel.

But Anne's amusing little masquerade soon became a more serious affair as she fell under the spell of Sir Basil, who, as everyone knew, was not the marrying kind...