Koshaku to Cinderella / Original Title: the UNKNOWN HEIR (Harlequin History Karu Special)

[Machine Translation] The Duke, daughter Hester's bloodless grandfather, is on his sickbed, and he has called his estranged grandson living in America to become his heir. She is worried about the future of the duke's family and feels a certain uneasiness when she hears that Hester is to teach him the etiquette of high society. Jared, on the other hand, receives a letter from the old duke summoning him, and he is angry because he is considered to be ill-mannered and shabbily dressed. In fact, he is well educated and wealthy, and could have refused such an ungracious request, but he suddenly had a playful urge to make fun of his faceless relatives. When he finally set foot on English soil, he said to Hester, his "educator": "Teach me some manners. Teach me some manners. I will teach you how to kiss.

令嬢ヘスターの血のつながらない祖父である公爵が病の床で、アメリカに住む疎遠の孫を呼び戻して跡継ぎにすると言いだした。しかも、ヘスターが彼に上流社会の礼儀作法を教えるのだといい、公爵家の行く末を憂える彼女はそこはかとない不安を覚えるのだった。一方、老公爵から呼び出しの手紙を受け取ったジャレッドは、不作法でみすぼらしい身なりの人間と決めつけられ腹を立てていた。実際は教養も財産もあり、こんな礼を欠く要請など断ってもよかったが、ふと、顔も知らぬ親戚たちをからかってやりたい遊び心が湧いた。はたしてイギリスの地を踏んだ彼は、“教育係”のヘスターに言った。「ぼくにマナーを教えてくれ。ぼくはきみにキスの仕方を教える」