Lily bought it in desperation, hoping to marry so she could escape her lot in life as governess and companion to the spoiled offspring of the nobility. It certainly isn't his twin wards, evil little vixens who will do anything in their power to have Lily fired as their chaperone. Cheryl Holt delivers the third novel in her breathtaking new trilogy in which an innocent lady's companion - after drinking a magical potion - is swept into a dangerous relationship of decadent desire.Įvery instinct is telling Lily Lambert to run from Penworth Hall as fast as she can, but there is something about handsome, daunting John Middleton, Earl of Penworth, that keeps her in his employ.