She'd been a fool to accept his proposal!

Accompanying Diego Montfalco and his young daughter to his village-restoration project in Spain was a job that appealed to Lucinda Radstone. She'd grown fond of his little girl, and she loved Spain, the country where she'd been raised.

But unfortunately, she'd lost her heart to her aristocratic employer, and she knew she was going to get hurt. He was still in love with his deceased wife, and saw Lucinda only as an amiable and perhaps decorative companion.

Worse, she had a secret that, if he knew it, would cause an impassable, permanent breach....