Governess seeking position with many young girls—and no handsome lords.Maeve longs to find a place where she can belong, and forever hide herself. But she winds up making a deal with Lord Rothe—she'll look after his sixteen-year-old niece until she can find a new position. She's soon caught up in the lives of this troubled girl, and this troubled lord.How can she leave this family that needs her so much?How can she stay when she is falling in love with a man far above her lowly position?Lord seeking governess to tame his niece—and teach him how to love again.A younger son, he was meant for a military career and he's made himself into a hard army man. But now he is Lord Rothe, with a title he never wanted, relatives who resent him, and a desperate need for Maeve's help.But will he lose her due to her stubborn determination to make everyone follow orders...and to a heart which has forgotten how to love?