The Dare-Devil Duke

'?do you really think you could work as i had to work to keep yourmother from starvation? my dear child, you have lived in the lap ofluxury all your life. you could no more earn a penny piece than flyover the moon!? kasia?s father laughs scornfully.
this isjustification for his decision to marry her off to a man she does notlove ? purely to save her from fortune hunters. so kasia runs away toprove him wrong by working as governess to the duke of dreghorne?sunruly nephew. as kasia gains the trust of the child, she earns firstthe respect and then the growing affection of the lord. but when sheand the boy are kidnapped the stakes are irrevocably raised and theduke?s reputation as a dare-devil will be tested one final time...will kasia?s father forgive her? will fate finally unite the hearts of kasia and the dare-devil duke?'