She planned for independence-not for love.
In Regency Cornwall, governess Persephone Wilkins has survived by being practical, capable, and entirely self-reliant. When she takes a bold step toward shaping her own future, romance is the last complication she desires.
But James Pentarrant is not easily dismissed. The disciplined captain of the Delabole slate quarry meets Persephone's resolve with principles as firm as her own. Their encounters spark more friction than feeling-until resistance gives way to respect, and respect to something far more dangerous.
Meanwhile, a young heiress newly returned to Cornwall hides an ambition that defies every expectation placed upon her. When a moment of peril on the moor leads to scandal and an unintended engagement, her fate becomes entangled with that of a quiet country doctor whose gentleness conceals a secret of his own.
Against the dramatic beauty of Cornwall's coast and countryside, The Teacher's Noble Heart weaves two tender love stories of mistaken assumptions, quiet courage, and hearts changed in spite of the most sensible intentions.
