A penniless governess And the dour Laird of Ardmore In this Lairds of the Isles story Lydia Farnham must travel to a remote Scottish island to work for widower Alasdair MacDonald, who doesn't trust her or her unconventional teaching methods! Yet as his daughter flourishes, so too does the intense connection between Lydia and Alasdair. Only she should know better than to fall for the handsome Laird when it could leave her without a job or a home...