Governess Abigail Chantry can do anything to save lots of her sister and two dearest close friends from destitution, even if this means breaking into an empty mansion in the hope of getting something to sell. Rather than treasures, though, she finds the owner, Woman Beatrice Davenham, bedridden and neglected. Appalled, Abby rousts Female Beatrice’s predatory servants and-with Lady Beatrice’s eager cooperation-the four young ladies become her ‘nieces,’ neatly eliminating the risk of disaster for all those concerned!It is the ideal situation, until Lady Beatrice’s dashing and arrogant nephew, Utmost, Lord Davenham, results in the Orient-and discovers an impostor working his household .An enchanting entanglement was never the plan for these stubborn, passionate opponents-but dropping in love may be as inevitable simply because the dropping of autumn leaves . . .