It was to get away from a troublesome love affair that Victoria Monroe had taken on the job of governess to little Sophie von Reichstein in the Austrian alps—but she arrived at the schloss to find another challenging situation awaiting her. The child, it appeared, had already got rid of two previous governesses and was all set to do the same with the new on. But Victoria was determined that her small charge was not going to get the better of her. Or did she have some other reason for wishing to stay on at the schloss—such as the child's attractive, embittered father, Baron Horst von Reichstein? And if she did, wasn't it better first to find out just what was the mystery surrounding his wife?