Hannah Winthrop has only known one mother, the kindly, though eccentric Charlotte, Lady Winthrop. When a shocking revelation is made after the viscountess's death, Hannah is forced to make a difficult decision. Does she continue to play the part of Lady Winthrop's daughter, or does she tell society what she's learned—thereby inviting the condemnation of everyone she knows, and the disapproval of the man she's grown up with. A man she barely knows. A man she suddenly begins to see in a new and highly disturbing light!

 
Oliver Brandon has heard much about the high moral character of the teachers at Mrs. Guarding's Academy. As such, he is shocked to learn that one of them, Miss Helen de Coverdale, is the same young woman he caught in a passionate embrace with a married man nearly twelve years earlier! How can he leave his wayward ward in the care of such an immoral creature?

Helen, too, remembers the fateful night she first saw Oliver Brandon, but knows that the truth of the situation is vastly different from the way he remembers it. Unfortunately, when she realises that Oliver still holds her in contempt, she is forced to defend herself, and when she learns the reasons why he has brought his impressionable young ward to Guarding's, she begins to see an opportunity to do so. But will she use the opportunity as a means for redemption-or revenge?

"The Guardian's Dilemma" is part of The Steepwood Scandal, an exciting, sixteen book series from Harlequin Mills & Boon. Click here to learn more about this delightful tale of Regency mischief, intrigue and marriage!

 
Forced to leave her teaching position at Mrs. Guarding's Academy for Girls, Miss Desiree Nash's prospects look very dim indeed. But surely she can do better than to accept help from the dashing Lord Buckworth, a charming rake who offers to take her to London and set her up as his mistress. After all, he may be a gentleman, but surely no respectable lady would ever consider such an outrageous proposal!

When the Earl of Carlyle suddenly decides to retire from the London scene to become better acquainted with the small daughter he barely knows, Miss Antonia Hadley's plans go completely awry. Unable to find a good word for the man she believes abandoned his daughter, Antonia has had no compunction about persuading the earl's retainers to help her deceive him. Determined to help the small girl overcome her fear of horses, Antonia has been teaching her to ride. As far as the earl is concerned, his daughter's riding instructor is a Mr. Anthony Davlin…