The Wynddell Papers Series by Sarah Waldock

Lord Gareth Wynddell is furious when his mother seeks to entrap him into a marriage of her devising. Having escaped from the situation he is not expecting to be accosted by a very young woman with an outrageous request. Emily Elphinstone has been subjected to the worst betrayal any man can perpetrate upon a juvenile in his care, and will take any effort to escape. Gareth will, however, settle for nothing less than marriage to Emily, which will also spike his mother’s guns... moreLord Gareth Wynddell is furious when his mother seeks to entrap him into a marriage of her devising. Having escaped from the situation he is not expecting to be accosted by a very young woman with an outrageous request. Emily Elphinstone has been subjected to the worst betrayal any man can perpetrate upon a juvenile in his care, and will take any effort to escape. Gareth will, however, settle for nothing less than marriage to Emily, which will also spike his mother’s guns. He prepares to wait for Emily to grow up more when he can woo her. What he does not expect is to fall in love, and to find that Emily is as much his salvation as he is hers. less