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Following Sir George Stanton’s death, his widow and four daughters are left destitute. Nicky Stanton, the young baronet, must finish his studies at Oxford, but the family’s savings are exhausted. To help them, Larissa Medley decides to become a governess in France. She travels to Valmont-sur-Seine, where she will teach Nicky’s daughter and encounter the infamous Count Raoul de Valmont, whose reputation in Parisian society as “The Devil” is legendary. Larissa, an unspoiled and intelligent nineteen‑year‑old, faces the expectations of a man renowned for his success with women, as well as her own hopes to support her new family’s cause.
First publish date: 1975
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Barbara Cartland
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