Lessons and Lovers By Portia Da Costa Aristocratic English widow Lady Henrietta Miller is confused. A perfectly civilized arrangement has become a minefield of turbulent emotions. Even while she mourns the loss of her dear, much older husband Piers, she's having intense, breathtaking sex with Starr, his fiercely loyal personal assistant. The fact that her incapacitated husband actively encouraged her to sleep with the virile younger man doesn't make things any easier. And her inner conflict becomes even more muddled when Hettie starts to realize that it is much more than simple lust she feels in the arms of the enigmatically handsome blond servant. Starr's emotions are in turmoil too. Bound by honor to revere his late mentor's memory, he can't deny his passionate feelings for Hettie. He loves her. He's loved her since he first met her. But until now he's been able to conceal it beneath a mask of immaculate manners and controlled English reserve. The arrival of an attractive male houseguest and summer break in the country bring this complex, simmering relationship to a boil.