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'You do not require a governess, sir!'

'No. I require a female--preferably a respectable female--who would be willing, upon terms, to marry a young relative of mine,' he replied.

Married at midnight, a widow at dawn, Elinor Rochdale becomes heiress to a house of secrets--partner in a dangerous conspiracy to save a family's name.

Pretty and high-spirited, Elinor dealt famously with the autocratic Lord Carlyon, his rash young brother Nicholas and the sinister Francis Cheviot, to foil a dastardly plot by the agents of Bonaparte.

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Favorite Lines: These spoil the book if you have not read it yet.