Impersonating the headmistress to dismiss a terrifying visitor was supposed to take a mere five minutes; instead, housemaid Anna Vale plays the part so well that she is hired as his niece’s governess, for a fortune she cannot refuse. Polite society whispers that the visitor, Earl St John, is mad. In truth, he is a brooding war surgeon who heals the poor for free.

As Anna uncovers the gentle, compassionate man beneath his formidable exterior, sparks fly between the reluctant impostor and the misunderstood doctor. But when her secrets catch up with her in London, Anna must choose between the truth and the man she has come to love.

A sweet, witty Regency romance with a heroine in disguise, a hero who falls first, and a summer in an ancient castle full of roses. Book 3 in the Wishing Well Seminary series. Can be read as a standalone.