The silver vinaigrette

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 i...