In her "Simply" novels, Mary Balogh has woven enthralling tales of four close friends, all of them teachers at the genteel Miss Martin's School for Girls. Now she turns her attention to the owner and headmistress of the school, Miss Claudia Martin herself.
Claudia resigned herself to a life without love long ago, and bestowed her considerable passion to her school for girls. But when Joseph, the Marquess of Attingsborough, appears in her life, she's bewildered. She knows that there's no place for her in moneyed society, yet Joseph is determined to make Claudia his. He'll defy conventions and break every rule of society for a love that is everything he has ever wanted -- a love that is perfect . . .