New York Times bestselling author Candace Campâs delectable Willowmere series continues with the story of the accomplished and pretty widow who takes on the American Bascombe sisters for their London debutâonly to discover that, when it comes to love, she is the one who is unprepared.
Married young to a charming but improvident army officer, Eve Hawthorne was widowed with little left except for a few extravagant trifles. Desperate to avoid her domineering stepmother, she accepts employment as chaperone to the Earl of Stewkesburyâs American cousins. Who better than a levelheaded widow to remind these young girls that they no longer live on a frontier?
But when she flirts with a handsome stranger who turns out to be the earlâs brother Fitz, Eve worries sheâs given the wrong impression. Trying to prove herself responsibleâwith Fitz challenging her at every turnâis hard enough, but a blackmailer with an interest in Eveâs prior marriage proves far more troubling. With the earl away, Eve can turn only to Fitz for help. But dare she confide in him, when getting too close to this confirmed bachelor might risk her heart to his alluring ways?