Honto No Kokoro Wo Dakishimete / Original Title: SOMEONE to HOLD (Rhyme Books)

[Machine Translation] Camille was raised as the eldest daughter of a countess with no problems. However, after discovering her late father's bigamy, she is now treated as a bastard with no title. After being separated from the aristocracy, Camille decides to live on her own and takes a teaching job at an orphanage in Perth. Joel, a painter who teaches painting at the orphanage, initially thinks Camille is a haughty woman, but her devotion to the children and her determination to make a life for herself regardless of her circumstances change his view. Camille has lived her life suppressing her emotions and thinking it her mission to protect the family name, but when she meets him, she learns that there is a way of life where she can free her mind and seek happiness... The second installment of the popular "The Wescott Family" series!

伯爵家の長女として何不自由なく育てられたカミール。しかし亡くなった父の重婚が判明し、彼女は非嫡出子の肩書きもない身分という扱いになってしまった。貴族社会から距離を置いたすえ、自分の力で生きようと決意したカミールは、パースの孤児院で教職に就くことにする。孤児院で絵の指導をしている画家のジョエルは、当初カミールを高慢な女性だと思ったが、彼女が子供たちに向ける献身的な愛情や、境遇に負けることなく人生を切り拓こうとしている姿に触れて見方を改め、反目しあっていた二人の心は徐々に近づいていく。カミールは感情を抑え家名を守ることを使命と思って生きてきたが、彼と出会い、心を解放して幸せを求める生き方があるのだと知り...大人気“ウェスコット家”シリーズ第2弾!