Title: The silver vinaigrette
Description: "After her gambling father leaves her penniless, Phoebe Latimer accepts an invitation to act as companion to semi-invalid Kitty. But she soon realises that the new life she has chosen for herself could be fraught with complications when she encounters Theo Prendergast - Kitty's tyrannical guardian. Even so, she resolves to release Kitty from Theo's claustrophobic protection and indeed finds him overbearing and impossible to deal with ... yet she is drawn to Theo in a most unsettling manner."--Publisher description.
Subjects: Guardian and ward, Fiction