A Regency romance, which I've owned for years. Sadly none of Bishop's Regencies are available in a Kindle edition; only her later novels.

Catherine Melmonte is earning her living as a governess; her father having died at a low ebb of his fortunes. His widow and children are living in reduced circumstances. After being dismissed from her post, Catherine returns home, where the local Squire (a man twice her age) pays clumsy court to her, desiring a wife. Catherine is not taken with him, even though it would solve her family's problems, and her mother discloses a letter from some relations, the Priors offering a visit to Catherine as companion to their younger daughter, Lydia. The Priors are in trade, and have acquired an estate in Norfolk and are seeking to establish themselves in the local gentry.

The story is about the visit and what comes of it; Catherine must decide whether to follow her heart and marry a penniless younger son, or accept the hand of the stuffy Walter Prior or the local Squire.

Light, but fun.