A Dangerous Man by Candace Camp

Author:Candace Camp [Camp, Candace]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Historical Romance
ISBN: 9780373771363
Google: PTheF-5p5cEC
Amazon: 0373771363
Barnesnoble: 0373771363
Goodreads: 81556
Publisher: HQN
Published: 2007-01-01T16:00:00+00:00

Eleanor spent the next morning with Zachary, catching up on business matters, since she

had been absent for two days. She had lunch with the children and looked over their recent

schoolwork afterwards. She knew that she needed to bring in a tutor for Nathan. He had

already outstripped Kerani's skills in most of his subjects, and Eleanor and Zachary had

been taking up the slack. Before long, Claire would be past Kerani's help, as well.

Kerani, of course, had been raised to be a woman of leisure in India, not a governess. It was

only because she was so eager to earn her way in Eleanor's household after they had

rescued her that Eleanor had given her the task of looking after the children. At first, of

course, they had been young enough that a teacher was not required, and Kerani had studied

hard to learn both English and a better grasp of numbers than she'd had before. She had

been able to teach them the basics, and there had been the added benefit of her teaching

both her charges to speak Hindi, Kerani's native tongue. It was not, perhaps, the most

useful skill, but there was always a chance it might come in handy in the children's future.

However, it was clear that Eleanor now needed to hire a tutor for the children. The

problem, of course, was how to do so without hurting Kerani's feelings or making her decide

that she no longer had a place in the household. She could still look after the children when

they were not in class, but even that position would grow less and less necessary as the

years passed.

It would all work out, Eleanor thought, if only she could persuade Zachary to make a push

with Kerani. But there were times when Eleanor despaired of ever getting the conservative

Zachary to do so.

She was idly thinking about the problem later that afternoon when one of the footmen

announced that a visitor had arrived to see her. Eleanor glanced at the card the man held

out to her on a salver, and her eyes widened in surprise. Lord Neale.

Whatever was he doing here?

"Send him in," she told the servant, standing up, her heart pounding and her mouth suddenly

dry. She straightened her skirts, then hurried to the small mirror on the wall for a last-

minute look. She was not sure what she was feeling. A veritable storm of emotions was

welling up inside her excitement, embarrassment, uncertainty. But one thing she knew for

sure was that she wanted to look her best when she faced him.

Just yesterday, Eleanor had thought that she would never see him again. And that, she had

told herself, was for the best. The man was a boor. He had been rude and insulting to her

the other night and, truth be told, on every other occasion when she had seen him. He

disliked her. She disliked him. Their lives would doubtless be much more pleasant if they

never had to see one another.

In fact, it would probably have been much better if she had simply refused to see him. He

should be made to realize that he could not just walk in and be received, given what he had

done.

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