A Dangerous Man to Trust?: A Scarred Hero Regency Romance (The Pemberton Series Book 1)

A Reedsy Discovery 5-star "Must Read"! 2024 Storytrade Book Awards Finalist!Bridgerton meets Jane Eyre in this spicy Regency romance between a scarred hero who feels he’s unworthy of love and the defiant governess who both challenges and tempts him.When John Thornton inherits his estranged father’s estate, he becomes guardian to his little half-sister Molly and head of a household that includes Miss Serafina Edgemont—a governess whose precarious circumstance now rests in his hands. Confronted with her new employer—a man who wears a mask over half of his damaged face—Serafina must concede that despite his irregular and sometimes rude manner, there is something about him that drives her to distraction.Serafina has sworn off marriage entirely, her distrust of men long since settled.

As governess, she refuses to be intimidated by John’s authority. She speaks to him as if he were a person even though he knows he’s a monster.

And when he encounters her in a darkened hallway one night, he is startled by the emotion she provokes in him. As scandal begins to threaten Serafina’s position and reputation, she must decide whether she can truly trust John with her life.