Overview

Honor Holt has never been the sentimental sort. The daughter of a banker, she has always seen the world in facts and figures. With little desire to marry, and even less desire to remain in her father's home, she takes a posting as a governess in the countryside. There she hopes to find a career, or at least some decently fresh air.

But instead she finds Lady Jane Linton, the spinster aunt of Honor's charge. Quiet and plain, Jane has been relegated to caretaker of her nephew for much of his life, and she resents the sudden arrival of a governess meant to take her place. Tempers - and sparks - fly as the two realize they have more in common than they do apart. Will the pair of them manage to find the relationship they never thought possible? Or will these two 'queer' souls remain separated forever.

And all at Christmas too!