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1) Agnes Grey
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English
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Written when women-and workers generally-had few rights in England, Agnes Grey exposes the brutal inequities of the rigid class system in mid-nineteenth century Britain. Agnes comes from a respectable middle-class family, but their financial reverses have forced her to seek work as a governess. Pampered and protected at home, she is unprepared for the harsh reality of a governess's life. At the Bloomfields and later the Murrays, she suffers under...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Be tempted by the forbidden in this sexy Regency…
Her new employer…
Is the only man to tempt her!
One could never be prepared for a Duke,thinks governess Mary McLaren upon meeting her imposing new employer, Samuel, the Duke of Westmere. There to tame his disobedient children, she finds their widower father is cold and forbidding, but with a strength she finds oddly reassuring. She's escaped a brutal past in Scotland and should steer clear of...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The American West meets Victorian England in this transatlantic romance
The most unlikely match…
might be the best fit!
After the young twins she cares for are orphaned, their governess, Aislinn, will do anything to stay with them. So when their maverick uncle—aristocrat turned rancher—Luke returns to England determined to gain guardianship, she proposes a convenient marriage! As an unexpected connection develops between them, Aislinn begins...
Author
Publisher
Otbebookpublishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Pearl has problems holding down a job because she is so beautiful men in the offices she is employed in always fall in love with her so she keeps getting fired. After being fired from her fourth job she is having difficulty finding another one. Then her friend Augusta, who has just accepted a job as a governess, finds she can't take up the post, and suggests Pearl should take her place (Augusta was engaged by the children's uncle,Anthony Wood, without...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin / Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Who knew living with an earl… …would lead to such temptation? Marianne Grant's new identity as a governess is meant to keep her safe. But then she meets her new employer, Ash, Earl of Kingswood, and she immediately knows his handsome good looks are a danger of their own! Brusque on first meeting, Ash quickly shows his compassionate side. Yet Marianne doesn't dare reveal the truth! Unless Ash really could be the safe haven she's been looking for…...
6) Jane Eyre
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English
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Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary...
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
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.
Years...
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Harlequin® Historical brings you three new Regency titles for onegreat price, available now! This box set includes: IT HAPPENED ONE CHRISTMAS (Regency) by Carla Kelly, Georgie Lee and AnnLethbridge Discover magic among the snowflakes with three heartwarming Regencytales of Christmases gone by! TEMPTATION OF A GOVERNESS (Regency) The Infamous Arrandales by SarahMallory Alex Arrandale, Earl of Davenport, is stunned when governess DianaGrensham refuses...
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author Liz Carlyle creates her darkest, most sensuous story yet, as a delectable but desperate governess runs headlong into the path of a notorious rake Women rarely refuse the wicked Earl of Hepplewood, whose daring exploits are only whispered about. But when his new governess answers his proposition with a slap, then stalks out, references in hand, Hepplewood finds more than his face is burning. Isabella Aldridge has brains,...
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Dear Lady Truelove . . . My twin brother and I need a new mother, though Papa insists he'll never marry again. Must be nice, brainy, and fond of cats . . . Lady Truelove may be London's most famous advice columnist, but James St. Clair, the Earl of Kenyon, knows his wild young sons need a tutor, not a new mother. They need a man tough enough to make his hellions tow the line, and James is determined to find one. Miss Amanda Leighton, former schoolteacher...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Miss Caroline Ritter, accomplished flirt, acknowledgedbeauty, and ruined gentlewoman, offers lessons toany rich, noble lord too inept to attract a wife. Discardyour silly affectations and your garish clothing!Learn the art of witty conversation, elegant dancing,equestrian feats and irresistible seduction at theopera! With Miss Ritter's help, you can become themost sought-after aristocrat at the ball! Send your request to the Distinguished Academyof...
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English
Description
Family secrets and sinister plots abound in this beautifully atmospheric Victorian gothic thriller from a celebrated Irish author. For Maud Ruthyn, life is lonely in a mansion with no family besides her melancholic father. But when Madame de la Rougierre is hired to be her governess, Maud finds herself in the clutches of a mysterious and malevolent woman. When her caregiver is eventually dismissed, Maud is relieved to have the woman out of her life....
Author
Publisher
Love Inspired Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A Mutual Arrangement
Henrietta Gordon has one dream: to practice medicine alongside the uncle who raised her. But when he insists she stay in London and find a husband, she must figure out a way to earn money toward her goal. Could handsome earl Dominic, Lord St. Raven, be the answer?
Desperate to find a governess for his niece after his brother's death, Dominic hires Henrietta-and is soon taken by her smarts and determination. But as Henrietta...
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Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A new position for the governess As mistress of Pendragon Hall? Unfairly dismissed from her previous position, her reputation ruined, governess Maud Wilmot is forced to take on a new identity. When she feels an ever-growing attraction to her new employer, Cornish railway entrepreneur Dominic Jago, Maud longs to reveal the truth. But doing so could end their fledgling romance before it's truly begun... " The Scandalous Suffragette is a romance filled...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The supremely talented Margo Maguire brings us Seducing the Governess the first in her lush historical series set in England's colorful Regency Era, featuring the lost heiresses of a powerful duke and their surprising discoveries of fortune, passion, and romance. A thrilling, emotionally rich love story in the vein of Liz Carlyle and Julia London, Seducing the Governess brings a beautiful young lady into the crumbling estate of a tormented, vengeance-seeking...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From impoverished governess...to wealthy heiress Governess Leah Thame learns she's inherited a fortune the day her employer, the enigmatic Earl of Dolphinstone, returns from abroad. They share an instant connection, but in order to claim her inheritance, Leah must resign and find a husband. The guarded widower offers a convenient marriage to stop her leaving, but Leah refuses. She won't marry the man who's captured her heart unless there's a chance...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Wanted: Governess for duke's unruly children Edgar Rochester, Duke of Banksford, is one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in England, but when it comes to raising twins alone, he knows he needs help. The only problem is the children have terrorized half the governesses in London. Until the clever, bold, and far-too-enticing Miss Mari Perkins arrives. Lost: One heart to an arrogant duke Mari knows how to wrap even the most rebellious children around...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In Victorian England, a stranger on a train may rescue a young woman from a marriage she dreads-all due to a misunderstanding . . .
Shortlisted for a 2018 RoNA Award
After losing both parents, Ianthe Holt is being dragged by her brother to the wilds of Yorkshire-and pressured to accept a proposal from an ancient baronet to whom he owes money. Every attempt Ianthe has made to avoid the man's off-putting attention, from acting distant to dressing...
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Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
These Highlanders stay strong and true to their hearts… don't miss a single classic story in this unforgettable collection from New York Times bestselling author Julia London! Wild Wicked Scot Born into riches and groomed in English luxury, Margot Armstrong didn't belong in a Scottish chieftain's devil-may-care world. Three years ago she fled their marriage of convenience and hasn't looked back--except to relive the moments spent in wild, rugged...
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