Adelaide Acree

Dash Blathwayt, Viscount Dyrham, loathes surprises. He prides himself on order and control, and his meticulously planned annual summer party at Dyrham Park is meant to proceed without a single misstep. But when he wakes to a peculiar white cloud drifting across the horizon, he has no idea it heralds a storm of events that will upend his carefully governed life. A locket holds the key to Miss Daywater's past and her future.
She never expected her quiet life as a French tutor to end in flight. Raised in a French orphanage and trained to serve the English aristocracy, she has learned to survive by keeping her head down and her life mapped out. But when her mysterious locket draws dangerous attention, Dia is forced to flee straight onto the grounds of Dyrham Park and into the path of its enigmatic master. As danger closes in and forced proximity blurs the lines between duty and desire, Dia must decide whether to trust the man offering her refuge.
She knows all too well that a woman in her position has no place in the heart-or the life-of a viscount. Book Four in the A-Z of Romance: Regency series. Main tropes are Forced Proximity and Found Family. This is a standalone story, but you may recognise the viscount from Book 2, A Ball at Basildon Park.