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Author
Series
Bridal Veil Island volume 3
Language
English
Description
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?
Author
Series
Fenwick sisters affairs volume 1
Publisher
Signet Select Book
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Lady Ivy Fenwick is desperate. Since her father's fatal duel, she and her sisters have sold off every valuable possession to make ends meet. With the manor stripped bare, Ivy has one last resort: Apply as governess to the Duke of Ellsworth's wards. James should have known better than to hire the desirable lady who had fallen on hard times-- and who tempts him at every turn. As her employer, he tries valiantly to remain noble and not let a kiss they...
Author
Series
Wildes of Lindow Castle volume 2
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The handsome, rakish heir to a dukedom, Lord Roland Northbridge Wilde, known to his friends as North, left England two years ago, after being jilted by Miss Diana Belgrave. He returns from war to find that he's notorious: polite society has ruled him "too wild to wed." Diana never meant to tarnish North's reputation, or his heart, but in her rush to save a helpless child, there was no time to consider the consequences of working as a governess in...
Author
Series
School for dukes volume 1
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
As his employee, Mari is strictly off-limits. But what if she's the one breaking all his rules? In the game of governess versus duke, how can Edgar maintain his defenses when the only thing he wants to do is let the tempting beauty win...?
Author
Series
Highland pleasures volume 7
Publisher
Berkley Sensation
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When the theft of a watch leads to a position as governess to Scottish barrister Sinclair McBride's two mischievous children, Roberta Frasier, on the run from some unsavory characters, is happy in her new role, and even happier to mend her employer's broken heart.
8) Jane Steele
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
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."
Author
Series
Fort Reno volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Series
Smythe-Smith quartet volume 2
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Dukes behaving badly volume 1
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When Miss Lily Russell crosses the threshold of the Duke of Rutherford's stylish townhouse, she knows she has come face to face with sensual danger. For this is no doting papa. Rather, his behavior is scandalous, and his reputation rightly earned. And his pursuit of her is nearly irresistible--but resist she must for the sake of her pupil. As for the duke himself, it was bad enough when his unknown child landed on his doorstep. Now Lily, with her...
12) The turning
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Newly appointed nanny Kate is charged with the care of two disturbed orphans, Flora and Miles. Quickly though, she discovers that both the children and the house are harboring dark secrets and things may not be as they appear.
14) Hunter's prize
Author
Series
Backwoods brides volume 3
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Persephone Books
Pub. Date
2008, 1938
Language
English
Description
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.
16) When love blooms
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow & Company Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
When the nanny to the young Darrow boys is found mysteriously murdered on the outskirts of the village of Blackfield, Charlotte Markham, the recently hired governess, steps in to take over their care. During an outing in the forest, they find themselves crossing over into The Ending, "the place for the Things Above Death," where Lily Darrow, the late mother of the children, has been waiting. She invites them into the House of Darkling, a wondrous...
19) Houseboat
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002, c1958
Language
English
Description
Shows Cary Grant as a government attorney, living in a houseboat, widowed and left with three unruly kids. He hires Sophia Loren as a governess and ends up falling in love with her.
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