The wonderful talent of Andrea Pickens shines with added lustre in her engaging new novel of Regency England.

The widowed Earl of Wrexham is absolutely appalled. Not only has his adolescent son hired his own tutor without consulting his parent, but his new employee is a woman! Even more outrageous is her attitude-Miss Allegra Proctor seems to think that she is eminently qualified to mold the mind of a young gentleman.

It simply will not do, even if the lady has all the requisite knowledge for the position. But when the earl tries to dismiss the impertinent chit, he is shocked by by his son's refusal to accept his ruling. And he discovers that even he is not immune to her bright intelligence and gallant courage when he discovers the real reason for Allegra's presence in his household.