A stubborn Marquess, a spirited headmistress, and a school that will change them both.
When the newly titled Marquess of Camden arrives at Greenbrook Academy, he expects to find a dreary institution for girls and a quick solution for his troubled niece.
What he doesn’t expect is Miss Eleanor Langford—composed, clever, and completely immune to his rank.
Determined to safeguard her beloved school, Eleanor has no patience for meddling noblemen or their entitled demands.
But as the marquess returns again and again to check on his quiet twelve-year-old ward, their clashing ideals give way to something far more dangerous: understanding, admiration… and attraction.
As the summer term unfolds, Camden and Eleanor are drawn together in increasingly unexpected ways—through shared responsibilities, charged conversations, and the quiet presence of a child learning how to trust again.
What begins as obligation transforms into something neither of them anticipated, but every step closer risks unsettling the delicate balance Eleanor has built around her school, her students, and her heart.
