Love was forbidden in her chosen life Iris Ardath, abandoned in infancy, had spent all her life behind the convent walls of St. Clare's. She fully expected that she would take the veil and spend her years safe in the quiet cloisters. But Mother Superior decided that Iris needed to know something of the world first. So she sent her to be governess for Aleko, son of the vibrant, worldly, sophisticated Zonar Mavrakis. Love was something for others. Iris was sure of it - until she was thrust into the life of this powerful but lost and lonely man.