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1) Jane Eyre
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English
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With her 1847 novel, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë created one of the most unforgettable heroines of all time. Jane Eyre is an orphan, penniless and plain, but full of courage and spirit. She has endured incredible hardship to secure her humble status as a governess in the household of her brooding employer, Mr. Rochester. Jane's sharp wit and defiant nature meet with Rochester's sardonic temperament. The two become enmeshed in a deep, intense bond....
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Bridal Veil Island volume 3
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English
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Recently jilted and accused of theft, governess Callie DeBoyer is tempted by the African mission field. Would she be following God's call or deserting her life and love?
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Smythe-Smith quartet volume 2
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English
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Anne Wynter, a governess with some dark secrets in her past, is tempted by the dangerously handsome Daniel Smith-Smythe, Earl of Winstead, who relentlessly pursues her despite her social station.
5) Jane Steele
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Suffering at the hands of cruel family members and brutal school administrators, sensitive orphan Jane Steele murderously retaliates against her abusers and takes a job as a governess working with mysterious servants while falling in love with her employer, in a serial-killer reimagining of "Jane Eyre."
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Governess brides volume 10
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English
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Victoria Cardiff, a proper English governess, is kidnapped by renegade Prince Saber Lawrence to protect the secret of his past and future aspirations. Will he discover too late that a woman's heart is more priceless than any kingdom?
7) Agnes Grey
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English
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Agnes Grey is the daughter of a minister who faces financial ruin. Agnes decides to take up one of the only professions available to Victorian gentlewomen and become a governess. Drawing on her own, similar experiences, Anne Brontë portrays the desperation of such a position. Agnes' livelihood depends on the whim of spoiled children, and she witnesses how wealth and status can degrade social values.
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Fort Reno volume 1
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English
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When dance hall singer Louisa Bell visits Fort Reno to see her brother, she is mistaken for the governess that the harried Major Daniel Adams is waiting for. Between his rowdy troops and his two daughters, he has more responsibility than he can handle alone. Eager for the opportunity, Louisa sets out to show the widower that she is a perfect fit.
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2009
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English
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From the moment Gavin Blake set eyes on Emily Harris he knew she would never make it in the rugged high country where backbreaking work and constant hardship were commonplace. She would wilt there like a rose without water. He'd be sending her back to Boise before the first snows. He'd be willing to bet on it.
11) Hunter's prize
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Backwoods brides volume 3
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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Addie McRae accepts a job as governess to young Cedric Whitfield, but she has no idea what lies ahead--especially when a string of attempted robberies and a kidnapping threaten the peace of the Whitfield household in Marshall, Texas.
12) Different tides
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Businessman Zachariah Fleet hires the young Clementine Morris to care for his orphaned niece and nephew, but as he begins to fall for her, he realizes he may have to reveal a secret that could destroy their chance at happiness together.
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Cornwall volume 1
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Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"Delia, a governess to five recently orphaned children, would risk anything to protect them, even her heart"--
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Persephone Books
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2008, 1938
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English
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Miss Pettigrew, a governess looking for work, is sent by mistake to the home of Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous nightclub singer involved with three different men and is invited to stay after offering Miss LaFosse common sense advice about her love life.
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English
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Seduced by her employer's son, Evangeline, a naïve young governess in early nineteenth-century London, is discharged when her pregnancy is discovered and sent to the notorious Newgate Prison. After months in the fetid, overcrowded jail, she learns she is sentenced to "the land beyond the seas," Van Diemen's Land, a penal colony in Australia. Though uncertain of what awaits, Evangeline knows one thing: the child she carries will be born on the months-long...
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Cynster volume 21
Publisher
Mira Books
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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As the six Cynster families gather together for the holidays at snowbound Casphairn Manor in Scotland, Claire Meadows, widow and governess to Gabriel Cynster's daughter starts a relationship with tutor Daniel Crosbie.
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