The Teacher's Noble Heart
(2026)(The fifth book in the Double-Dilemma series)
A novel by Susanne Dunlap
New to the series? Start with Book 1: The Dressmaker’s Secret Earl (currently $0.99).
Each romance stands alone, but Book 1 is the smoothest entry point.
Series Order
Book 1: The Dressmaker’s Secret Earl
Book 2: The Soprano’s Daring Duke
Book 3: Miss Pauline's Perfect Present
Book 4: The Falconer’s Lost Baron
Book 5: The Teacher’s Noble Heart
About The Teacher’s Noble Heart:
She chose independence. Love was not part of the plan.
In Regency Cornwall, governess Miss Wilkins has always survived by being sensible, capable, and self-reliant. When she dares to take a bold step toward independence, she has no intention of complicating her life—or her heart.
Yet her encounters with James Pentarrant, the steadfast captain of the Delabole slate quarry, are marked less by romance than by spirited disagreement. Self-contained and disciplined, James challenges her convictions at every turn, even as he respects her resolve. What begins as wary sparring and mutual resistance gradually deepens into an understanding neither expected nor sought.
Alongside their unfolding story, a young heiress newly returned to Cornwall hides a calling that defies convention. When a moment of danger on the moor—and the inevitable gossip that follows—forces her into an unintended engagement, assumptions harden and emotions become dangerously entangled. Her growing affection for her own sparring partner, a gentle country doctor with the manners of a true gentleman and a secret of his own, only further unsettles what society is determined to set in place.
Set against the rugged beauty of Cornwall’s coast, quarries, and windswept moors, The Teacher’s Noble Heart is a tender Regency romance of intertwined lives, mistaken conclusions, and love discovered in spite of every sensible intention.
Prefer to start at the beginning? Book 1 is The Dressmaker’s Secret Earl (99¢).
Genre: Historical
Each romance stands alone, but Book 1 is the smoothest entry point.
Series Order
Book 1: The Dressmaker’s Secret Earl
Book 2: The Soprano’s Daring Duke
Book 3: Miss Pauline's Perfect Present
Book 4: The Falconer’s Lost Baron
Book 5: The Teacher’s Noble Heart
About The Teacher’s Noble Heart:
She chose independence. Love was not part of the plan.
In Regency Cornwall, governess Miss Wilkins has always survived by being sensible, capable, and self-reliant. When she dares to take a bold step toward independence, she has no intention of complicating her life—or her heart.
Yet her encounters with James Pentarrant, the steadfast captain of the Delabole slate quarry, are marked less by romance than by spirited disagreement. Self-contained and disciplined, James challenges her convictions at every turn, even as he respects her resolve. What begins as wary sparring and mutual resistance gradually deepens into an understanding neither expected nor sought.
Alongside their unfolding story, a young heiress newly returned to Cornwall hides a calling that defies convention. When a moment of danger on the moor—and the inevitable gossip that follows—forces her into an unintended engagement, assumptions harden and emotions become dangerously entangled. Her growing affection for her own sparring partner, a gentle country doctor with the manners of a true gentleman and a secret of his own, only further unsettles what society is determined to set in place.
Set against the rugged beauty of Cornwall’s coast, quarries, and windswept moors, The Teacher’s Noble Heart is a tender Regency romance of intertwined lives, mistaken conclusions, and love discovered in spite of every sensible intention.
Prefer to start at the beginning? Book 1 is The Dressmaker’s Secret Earl (99¢).
Genre: Historical