The Governess and the Rogue

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A down-on-her-luck Victorian governess and an unrepentant rogue enter into a fake engagement during a lengthy voyage at sea in <em>USA Today</em> bestselling author Mimi Matthews's sixth book in her acclaimed Somerset Stories series.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Stranded in India after being dismissed without a reference governess Beatrice Layton exchanges her freedom for passage home to England taking a position with the only family that will hire her. But Bea hasn't reckoned for just how dreadful her new employers will be. Stuck with them at sea in increasingly desperate circumstances she finds an unlikely champion in the injured ex-soldier traveling aboard their ship.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Colonel Jack Beresford has spent the last fourteen years serving in Her Majesty's Army. Though time has lent him maturity it hasn't dulled the roguish impulses of his youth. When he's confronted with the tantalizing prospect of a damsel in distress he naturally steps in to rescue her. His solution? An engagement of convenience of course. One that will last only as long as their voyage.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But once back on land Jack and Bea's simple arrangement is beset by complication after complication. There are former passengers to contend with and meddling society matrons. Most complicated of all there's Jack's family-his parents siblings and precocious nieces and nephews-all of whom seem to think that Bea might be perfect for him. Jack is beginning to think so too. All that remains is to convince bold beguiling Bea that </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>he's</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> perfect for </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>her.</em></p><p></p>