A Lady's Champion — Janice Bennett

Miss Daphne had always considered herself a logical sort of person, so she greeted the notion of ghosts haunting the Selwood Academy for Young Ladies with a large amount of skepticism. However, her position as art mistress at the Academy would be Jeopardized if such rumors frightened off potential students -- a prospect she most passionately wished to avoid.

Thus it was that she found herself turning to Mr. Adrian Carstairs, sent by her uncle to act as her "protector" against the "ghosts." Daphne would brook no interference in her life, but she would accept the aid of a strong, brave, and handsome gentleman in exposing any spectral spirits. What she never expected was for Adrian also to expose the secret wishes of her hidden heart...