In Regency England, the same time period as Bridgerton and Poldark, Patience Creighton has devoted her life to running her father's boarding school. But when the enigmatic master of the estate appears at her door, battered and unconscious, the young headmistress suddenly finds her livelihood--and her heart--in the hands of one dangerously handsome gentleman. At twenty-five, Patience Creighton is already a spinster. The busy...