A Spinster’s Last Stand by Cara Maxwell

The gentlemen of the ton may have returned from war, but the Lady Knights of England are just beginning…
Disaster. Disgrace. Despair. Ethelreda McGovern has failed the Lady Knights, the Queen, and herself. Her punishment? Banishment would be appropriate. Forced retirement seems inevitable. But what actually happens is so much worse.

The least maternal of the Lady Knights, Ethelreda is dreading her new assignment: governess to the children of Sir George Caldwell. Ethelreda has never turned her back on her Queen and she shall not do so now—even if it means wiping noses and reading children’s fairytales. Unlike her fellow Lady Knights, Red has never wielded seduction as a tool. But when she meets her new employer she is sorely tempted…
The horrors of Waterloo ought to be behind him. Instead, the ghosts of his past follow him back to England and join forces with the painful memories awaiting at home. This wounded soldier’s body has healed, but his soul is another story entirely.