Governesses

Stranded in India after being dismissed without a reference, governess Beatrice Layton exchanges her freedom for passage home to England, taking a position with the only family that will hire her. But Bea hasn’t reckoned for just how dreadful her new employers will be. Stuck with them at sea in increasingly desperate circumstances, she finds an unlikely champion in the injured ex-soldier traveling aboard their ship.

After her livelihood slips through her fingers, Alexandra Mountbatten takes on an impossible post: transforming a pair of wild orphans into proper young ladies. However, the girls don’t need discipline. They need a loving home. Try telling that to their guardian, Chase Reynaud: duke’s heir in the streets and devil in the sheets. The ladies of London have tried - and failed - to make him settle down. Somehow, Alexandra must reach his heart....without risking her own.

Running away from an arranged marriage to a cruel man might be the most reckless decision Evelyn Montgomery has ever made. With nowhere to go and her true identity at risk of being exposed, she lies to the one man willing to offer her help… Carter Hale, a widowed rancher raising his headstrong son, struggles to balance his responsibilities between managing the ranch, aiding the new sheriff, and keeping his son from spiraling out of control. When Evelyn enters his life, she seems like the perfect solution to his problems—if her past doesn’t come back to haunt them first. As Evelyn ...

She fled scandal. He sealed away his heart. But passion has a way of breaking every rule. Lady Alexandra Beaumont disappears into the night, abandoning her title and a cruel betrothal for the safety of a governess’s disguise. At Kingsleigh Hall—a sprawling estate shadowed by secrets—she intends to keep her past buried. But her new employer, the storm-eyed and emotionally barricaded Duke of Ravencroft, is anything but easy to avoid. Marcus Langston vowed never to love again. But the moment the enigmatic new governess steps into his life, his carefully built defenses begin to crumble. ...

Aurelia Beswick’s life hangs by a thread. Penniless and alone, she grasps at her last hope: a position as a governess far from London. Little does she know that fate has a cruel twist in store. Her new employer is none other than Lord Ryland—a man from her past she never expected to see again. Luckily, he doesn’t seem to remember her. Determined to keep her position, Aurelia finds herself walking a precarious line, keeping her identity a secret while every interaction with Lord Ryland seems to draw them closer together.

When Clara's father, the local vicar, Reverend Albert Masters, passes away suddenly, the family are faced with moving from their home at the vicarage following Christmas that year. Not only that, but Clara is forced to seek employment to keep the family finances afloat. As someone who has taught for years at the Sunday School at St. Bartholomew's Church, she thinks it would be a good idea to try her luck at applying to become a governess. After all, she is used to teaching, well educated herself and she can play the pianoforte too.Lord Howard Stapleton has recently lost the only woman he's ...

Three months ago, governess Serena Barton was let go from her position. Unable to find new work, she's demanding compensation from the man who got her sacked: a petty, selfish, swinish duke. But it's not the duke she fears. It's his merciless man of business - the man known as the Wolf of Clermont. The formidable former pugilist has a black reputation for handling all the duke's dirty business, and when the duke turns her case over to him, she doesn't stand a chance. But she can't stop trying....

With the stunning prose and engaging characters of The Silent Governess, Christy Award finalist Julie Klassen whisks listeners away to Regency England for a compelling tale of romance and intrigue. Thinking she’s guilty of a crime, Olivia Keene flees her home and stumbles upon a grand estate—and a damaging secret. To ensure her silence, Lord Bradley insists she serve in his opulent manor.

Cornwall, England, 1811 - Blamed for her husband’s death, Cordelia Greythorne fled Cornwall and accepted a governess position to begin a new life. Years later, her employer’s unexpected death and his last request for her to watch over his five children force her to reevaluate. She can’t abandon the children now that they’ve lost both parents, but their new guardian lives at the timeworn Penwythe Hall...back on the Cornish coast she’s tried desperately to forget.

When a governess of great talents is required, there is only one place the nobility of England go: the Governess Bureau. It was why Miss Meredith Hubert had worked so hard to gain her place there. Finishing with the Earl of Marnmouth's children, she is about to be given her next assignment—a Duke called Alfred Carmichael with a reputation to maintain and a half-brother who needs controlling. But Meredith has a secret to hide, and she's not the only one. Maids sent away in secret, items missing from the house—there is more than one mystery at Rochdale Abbey.

Regina (Reggie) Spark has loved Broderick Killoran, the resourceful and protective proprietor of the Devil’s Den, ever since he saved her from the streets and made her his right hand at the notorious gaming hell. For just as long, Reggie has never admitted her true feelings for him. Nor has she revealed her spirited ambitions - to buck convention and expectations and open a music hall. While Broderick built his gaming empire with ruthless cunning, his loyalty to his employees is boundless.

In an eruption of dust and women’s tears, the young nobleman rode off to fight against Colonel Napoleon. Signorina Isabella, standing within the family circle yet separated by modest clothing, watched him gallop away down the southern slopes of Vesuvius, chastising herself for the silly ache in her heart...

When Mr. Edmund Winterton of Woodside dies, his daughters find themselves penniless and homeless. What can they do? Unless they wish to live on charity, they will have to find genteel employment for themselves. Annabelle becomes governess to the daughters of the recently bereaved Earl of Brackenwood. She has no idea how to teach, but her pupils can learn all they need from books, so how difficult can it be?

Once the cherished daughter of a respected and affluent family, Emma Haverleigh is left penniless and grieving after her father’s sudden downfall and death. Armed only with her sharp mind, thorough education, and biting wit, she is forced to seek employment as a governess—an unthinkable descent for a woman raised to attend salons, not serve in them. Her post takes her to the stately home of the Duke of Westmoreland, a brooding widower whose young daughter is as unruly as she is clever. Though Emma intends only to survive her new station with dignity, her quick tongue and fearless ...

Miss Juliette Fairhaven’s life changes overnight when her father’s death leaves her family destitute. To survive, she becomes governess to two unruly twins and their strict—but undeniably handsome—uncle, the Duke of Blackwood. Will the mischievous girls lead her to an unexpected love? Nathaniel Blackwood, the Duke of Blackwood, is at his wit’s end. His orphaned nieces are a handful, and the weight of an unwanted title leaves him struggling. When the newest governess proves to be infuriatingly unconventional, Nathaniel must decide if strictness is truly the answer… or if Juliette...

Thomas Cromwell may have been known as the powerful and ambitious henchman for King Henry VIII, but the woman he installed in the king's court may have had the biggest impact on England's history.... Katherine Ashley was just the daughter of a poor country beekeeper, no matter how clever and beguiling she was. But when she catches the eye of Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, she finds her fortune suddenly, drastically changing. Cromwell secures Katherine a place in the king's court as the governess to and protector of Anne Boleyn's only child, Elizabeth.

After her beloved sister vanishes and a ruthless suitor forces her into marriage, Miss Euterpe Cheslyn realizes that the only way to save herself is to find her, disguised as a governess. However, falling for the Duke who should only be her employer was never part of the plan. Edward Balfour, Duke of Cambridge, needs a governess who will not run from his mischievous niece and the fiery Miss Cecilia Pembroke is the first to succeed. Yet, something about her does not sit right. Determined to uncover her secrets, Edward never expects to find himself captivated by her instead. The more time ...

On the morning of her eighteenth birthday, Lady Isabel expected pearls, perhaps a new gown—she did not expect Miss Bartholomew. Elegant, sharp-eyed, and quietly commanding, the new governess wastes no time peeling back the layers of Isabel’s innocence. What begins as a lesson in posture and poise soon becomes something far more decadent. Miss Bartholomew opens a door to dark delights and exquisite submission—and Isabel, breathless and eager, walks willingly through. Each whispered command, each stolen moment behind closed doors, teaches Isabel more than any finishing school ever could...

Society dictates that a governess should be modest, quiet, and keep to herself. She should never contradict her employer. And, above all, she must not attract the attention of any male in the household. But Michael Severson doesn't see Isabel Halloran as a governess - he sees her as a woman, one whose lush curves cannot be hidden behind a dowdy gown...and whose efforts at hiding her sparkling intelligence are betrayed by her wit.

Timothy Kinnit needs Albert Campion's help. He is rich, handsome and successful but his past is a mystery to him and he needs Campion to find out how it connects him to the notorious Turk Street Mile slum. In addition, his own illustrious adopted family has a sinister secret of his own - involving a murderous nineteenth-century governess - that must also be brought to life by Campion's investigations. An Albert Campion mystery.