title: The Duke's Secret Heir (Harlequin Historical)
author:  Sarah Mallory 
description: Sarah Mallory lives in an old farmhouse on the edge of the Yorkshire Pennines and writes historical romantic adventures. She has had over 20 books published and her Harlequin Historicals have won the RoNA Rose Award in 2012 and 2013. Sarah loves to hear from readers! Contact her via her website at: www.sarahmallory.com
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  More Than a Governess
  
  Sarah Mallory
  
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  “She might be quite pretty, if she were dressed up.”
  
  Damon thought of the little governess in her dull clothes with her soft brown
  hair braided so modestly around her head.
  
  He sipped his wine, imagining the girl in an evening gown. Silk, he thought.
  It would cling to her slender body. And emerald-green, to match her eyes, eyes
  that could suddenly gleam with mischief. He gave himself a little mental
  shake.
  
  “No, I’ve no interest there. It has never been my way to tamper with
  innocents, or raise false hopes.”
  
  More Than a Governess
  
  Harlequin ® Historical #233—April 2008
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  SARAH MALLORY
  
  was born in the West Country and now lives in an old farmhouse on the edge of
  the Pennines with her husband and family. Born in Bristol, Sarah left grammar
  school at sixteen to work in companies as varied as stockbrokers, marine
  engineers, insurance brokers, biscuit manufacturers and even a quarrying
  comp