The Devil and Miss Webster — Julia Parks

SHE EXPECTS A ROGUE
Companion to Lady Laura Ransom these last eleven years, Miss Eleanor Webster runs her dear friend's household with proficiency and grace, especially since Lord Ransom's recent demise. She certainly needs no interference from Laura's rakehell brother-in-law. But Captain Stephen Ransom is not a man easily dissuaded...or dismissed. With a sinking heart, Eleanor soon realizes that the handsome soldier has every intention of running the estate himself and letting her go! What's worse, the scoundrel has had the audacity to make her fall in love with him first!

HE SENSES A SHREW
According to his late brother's solicitor, Eleanor Webster has seized control of his family's estate, Ransom Hall. Eager to settle the mess and wash his hands of familial responsibility, Stephen heads homeward and prepares for battle with the harridan governess. Instead of a gorgon, he finds a lady of intelligence, beauty...and a regrettably prim disposition. But the more he learns about the formidable Miss Webster, the more he suspects that beneath her prudish exterior beats a womanly heart-and passions well worth unleashing!