I loved this Victorian romance. It was humorous, witty, and sarcastic. There was love, passion, intrigue, and evil relatives. It had it all.

Lucien Balfour, the Sixth Earl of Kilcairn, is cornered into taking in his aunt and cousin into his home for him to look after. They move in with him and he finds his Aunt Fiona, and cousin Rose is a nuisance and the only way he can get rid of them is to marry off Rose with some other guy. When he actually meets Rose, Lucien discovers that he’ll never marry her off because she doesn’t have style, class, or elegance, so he hires Alexander Gallant as Rose’s governess.

Alexander Gallant has been unemployed for the last six months because of a certain scandal. When she came across an advertisement in the newspaper, about a need for a governess, she went to answer it and it was Lucien. Lucien hired her, but Alexander isn’t sure if that was a mistake because she was attracted to him and she’s not supposed to feel that way because she is a governess.

Every character in this book is finely crafted and contributed the perfect note in the composition. The main characters were likable, grabbed one’s attention, and kept this reader eagerly turning the pages. Enoch knows human nature and expertly builds the relationships she puts forth. Every minute spent with this book was pure pleasure.