The Reluctant Adventuress — Sylvia Thorpe

KATHARINE WAS TOO BEAUTIFUL....

After all she had been educated to earn her living only as a governess. And being exceptionally beautiful was certainly no asset for such a position. So when Katharine's uncle and his fashionable young wife invited her into their home she was overjoyed.

But the sweet and innocent Katharine found herself living a life very different from the one she had expected.

Katharine suddenly found she had fallen into the hands of adventurers. Was she clever enough to meet their dangerous challenge?
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UK CORGI Edition

At Medway House Katharine received the princely wage of ten pounds a year plus her clothes. Miss Medway saw to it that the clothes were of the very plainest and cheapest material.

It was quite a shock - a delightful shock - to see herself in the mirror after Uncle Duncan and Aunt Cassy had equipped her for her new life in London. There she was, a stely creature in hyacinth blue gauze over satin, with a spangled scarf and borrowed pearls. When Mr Chard came into the room he made it quite obvious that he was impressed... very impressed.

But... she wasn't altogether sure she wanted to impress Mr Chard, in spite of the fact that he was so handsome. Mr Chard was a very unusual young man... indeed sometimes Mr Chard appeared to be two young men...