The Awakening by Jude Deveraux
This novel features Jude Deveraux's popular Montgomery family dynasty. It is the story of a beautiful but naive woman who for eight years has been under the watchful eye of a strict, manipulative tutor who lusts after the financial security of being her future husband - until the arrival of Hank Montgomery. Jude Deveraux has written 14 romantic novels including The Raider, The Princess and River Lady.