It's 1926 and England is six years behind America in the women's suffrage movement. For Kit Quinn, however, getting the vote is of little value -- she needs to get a job. Orphaned in her childhood and raised in a boarding school, Kit has no illusions about what life has in store for her. She needs to find a position with room and board and a little spending money for trinkets and that's it.What she does not need to do is fall in love. Not even -- especially not -- with James West. For one thing, he's too rich. And, if she gets right down to it, he's also too handsome and too intelligent. Then there's the delicate matter of him being her boss, a situation she really should have foreseen. But given her history, Kit has to grasp at anything Madame Fortune condescends to toss at her -- in this case, a post as housekeeper at Aurelie, James's beautiful estate in Surrey county.The trouble is, James can't seem to stay within the narrow role of the employer -- not after he makes the acquaintance of his newest employee, at any rate. So when he starts pushing the boundaries of their professional relationship, Kit's got a choice to make. She can stay and hope for some fleeting happiness (he's made it clear he intends to marry for money). Or she can leave her job but keep her self-respect.She's read enough classic literature to know what last century's heroines would do, but in 1926, a girl should be able to keep her man and her dignity.
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