**A prim and proper governess...**locked in with a duke!

Believing her grandmother is gravely ill, governess Miranda Manwaring takes leave to care for her, but instead finds herself captive in a rundown cottage with a powerful stranger. Shock number one — the man is the eligible Duke of Chalgrove. Shock number two — their captor is Miranda’s eccentric grandmother, looking to guide Miranda to a titled husband! Miranda refuses to trick him into marriage, but her grandmother’s meddling can’t possibly work…can it?

Mills & Boon Historical — Your romantic escape to the past.