The Secret Pearl
Mary Balogh
A duke hires a desperate gentlewoman-turned-prostitute as his governess — and falls helplessly in love.
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Secrets are the most seductive temptation of all. Hiring a young prostitute named Fleur, only to discover that she is a desperate gentlewoman fleeing a horrific situation, Adam, Duke of Raybourne, hires her as a governess to his daughter and finds himself falling for his beautiful charge.
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