About the book: year / William Gerry, the young, modest, but promising secretary of the Duke of St. John, turns out to have many secrets. And Sir John, the Duke's brother, undertakes to find out which ones. Imagine his surprise when William turns out to be...Willow. A girl whose life was destroyed by the men who appeared in her. In a fit of pity, John offers the girl a position as his daughter's governess. But he himself does not notice how the girl firmly occupies a place in his heart.