Keira: How does a governess become a companion? Anne Gracie: In my book The Autumn Bride Abby is sacked from her governess job when she smuggles in her sister and two friends for the night. They have nowhere else to stay — they’ve just escaped after being kidnapped and taken to a brothel. Things go [...]
Reviewed by Aggie S. Devlin has finished with war and serving his King. He just wants to go home and take care of the family holdings. Upon arrival he finds a waif of a child in his fountain, dirty and straggling looking. He is informed that this waif conveyed with the estate, which he finds [...]
by Keira on October 5, 2011 · 0 comments
in 4 Stars, 4.5 Stars, Amnesia, ARC, Arranged/Forced Marriage, Comedy of Manners, Enemies, Governess / Companion, Great Britain, Kidnapping, M-O, Playboys and Rakehells, Regency, Travel, Virgin Heroine
Heroine: Kidnapped, Celia Seaton is no passive miss. At the first opportunity she gets out of the attic of a two story cottage wearing only her under clothes. Stumbling upon her worst enemy (who doesn’t even know he’s her enemy because she doesn’t register on his radar) conked out across the threshold of the house, [...]
by Marcia on June 12, 2011 · 0 comments
in 5 Stars, A-C, ARC, Dukes and Earls, Gentry, Great Britain, Guest Reviews, Mistress or Courtesan, Regency, Widow or Widower
by Marcia, guest reviewer Lady Paget, Cassandra Belmont is rumored to have killed her husband—with an axe. She is in terrible financial straits and must find a rich man who can support her and her household; Alice her companion and former governess, Mary the housemaid and cook, Belinda, Mary’s illegitimate daughter and Roger the three [...]
by Kara Louise, guest blogger and author of Only Mr. Darcy Will Do Keira invited me here today and gave me a very interesting suggestion for for my guest blog. She asked me to prepare a treasure hunt similar to what Darcy did in my newest book, Only Mr. Darcy Will Do. In this variation [...]
by Keira on March 6, 2011 · 0 comments
in 5 Stars, ARC, Children, Comedy of Manners, Gentry, Governess / Companion, Great Britain, J-L, Jane Austen, Regency, Travel, Virgin Heroine
Kara Louise is a must read! The Story: Elizabeth’s trip to Derbyshire with her aunt and uncle is canceled when Mr. Bennet dies. The only thing for the four girls and Mrs. Bennet to do is to make the best of a bad situation. Jane and Elizabeth take positions as governesses with Jane working for [...]
by Keira on February 21, 2011 · 0 comments
in 1.5 Stars, ARC, Children, Dukes and Earls, Foster/Orphan/Adopted, Governess / Companion, M-O, Mistaken Identity, Scarred Hero, Soldier, Virgin Heroine
The story: Nash, the current Earl of Ashby, was never supposed to be the earl. He was the youngest of three brothers. He forged his destiny in war and got the scars to prove it. He hadn’t the first notion of how to manage Ashby Hall and make it profitable once more. It probably meant [...]
I got this novel from the library when MagdalenB recommended it for a hero who bumbles his first declaration of love/marriage proposal: Balogh’s A Precious Jewel. Gerald tries to explain why marriage is good idea; forgets to mention “love.” Twice! Read it in a day because it was so different than any courtesan romance I [...]