Jillian Hunter

When her scandalous diary, which contains her most intimate secrets, disappears, Miss Charlotte Boscastle, the headmistress of the Scarfield Academy for Young Ladies, finds herself forced into marriage with the Duke of Wynfield.

Even though she is engaged to someone else, Violet Knowlton finds her life forever changed by an encounter with a handsome and celebrated sword master whom she recognizes as Kit, her childhood friend and first love.