Simply quartet (Mary Balogh)

They meet in a ferocious snowstorm. She is a young teacher with a secret past. He is the cool, black-caped stranger who unexpectedly comes to her rescue. Between these two unlikely strangers, desire is instantaneous...and utterly impossible to resist. Stranded together in a rustic country inn, Lucius Marshall, who is the Viscount Sinclair, and Frances Allard share a night of glorious, unforgettable passion. But Frances knows her place--and it is far...

Susan Osbourne is a teacher at a girls school in Bath, who has been alone in the world since she lost her father and home at age 12. During a visit to a friends estate she meets Viscount Whitleaf, Peter Edgeworth, who has a connection to her childhood home. They develop a friendship and eventually bring out the best in each other.