Simply Perfect -
Mary Balogh
Set against the
seductive backdrop of Regency England, New York Times
bestselling author Mary Balogh’s latest novel sweeps
us into the sensual, enthralling world of an elite
academy for young ladies. Here, amid music lessons and
garden parties, whispered confessions and secret
yearnings, one of the school’s teachers—headmistress
Claudia Martin—will find her well-ordered world jolted
by love when she meets a man who would make the perfect
husband…for somebody else.
Tall, dark, and exquisitely sensual, he is the epitome
of male perfection. Not that Claudia Martin is looking
for a lover. Or a husband. As owner and headmistress of
Miss Martin’s School for Girls in Bath, she long ago
resigned herself to a life without love. Until Joseph,
Marquess of Attingsborough, arrives unannounced and
tempts her to toss away a lifetime of propriety for an
affair that can only lead to ruin.
Joseph has his own reasons for seeking Claudia out.
Instantly, irresistibly attracted to the dedicated
teacher, he embarks on a plan of seduction that leaves
them both yearning for more. But as heir to a
prestigious dukedom, Joseph is expected to carry on his
family’s legacy. And Claudia knows she has no place in
his world.
Now that world is about to be rocked by scandal. An
arranged marriage, a secret that will shock the ton,
and a man from Claudia’s past conspire to drive the
lovers apart. But Joseph is determined to make Claudia
his at any cost. Even if that means defying convention
and breaking every rule for a love that is everything he
has ever wanted—a love that is perfection itself…
