Nearly Ruining Mr Russell by Emma V. Leech

Miss Violette is a damsel in distress. The devil of it is, she just won’t accept it.Alone and far from home in the big city, Violette is on a mission to find a missing man – a war hero who never made it home – and she doesn’t want a chaperone. Though she refuses to reveal who she is, or what the man means to her, the chivalrous Aubrey Russell doesn’t care. Accidentally thrust into the headstrong young lady’s path, he decides she needs a protector.Determined that the girl should not ruin herself in pursuit of the truth, Aubrey dogs her every step … and finds himself in a spot of bother.Violette may be an innocent but she has an uncanny knack for finding trouble, and one way or another Aubrey is determined to save her from ruin. The only question is, will he be able to save himself?