Download or read book A Laird for the Governess written by Catherine Tinley and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A penniless governess and the dour Laird of Ardmore. Lydia Farnham must travel to a remote Scottish island to work for widower Alasdair MacDonald, who doesn’t trust her or her unconventional teaching methods! Yet as his daughter flourishes, so too does the intense connection between Lydia and Alasdair. Only she should know better than to fall for the handsome laird when it could leave her without a job, or a home… Mills & Boon Historical — Your romantic escape to the past.

Download or read book The Gay Detective written by Lou Rand and published by Cleis Press Start. This book was released on 2012-04-28 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the fictional Bay City, a thinly disguised San Francisco circa 1960, The Gay Detective is a hardboiled camp novel centering around a baffling blackmail and murder ring. When the latest corpse turns up and police realize they are faced with still another dead end, they contact the Morely Agency, a detective outfit recently bequeathed to the late Mr. Morely's nephew.

Download or read book The Royal Governess written by Wendy Holden and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the childhood years of Queen Elizabeth II, one of the most famous women who ever lived, a young governess helped shape her into the icon the world knows today. In 1933, twenty-two-year-old Marion Crawford accepts the role of a lifetime, tutoring the little Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. Her one stipulation to their parents is that she bring some doses of normalcy into their sheltered and privileged lives. At Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Balmoral, Marion defies stuffy protocol to take the princesses on tube trains, swimming at public baths, and on joyful Christmas shopping trips at Woolworth’s. From her ringside seat at the heart of the British monarchy she witnesses the trauma of the Abdication, the glamour of the Coronation, the onset of World War II. She steers the little princesses through it all, as close as a mother. As Hitler’s planes fly over Windsor, she shelters her charges in the castle dungeons (not far from where the Crown Jewels are hidden in a biscuit tin). Afterwards, she is present when Elizabeth first sets eyes on Philip, her future husband. But being beloved confidante to the Windsor family comes at huge personal cost. Marriage, children, her own views: all are compromised by proximity to royal glory. In this majestic story of love, sacrifice and allegiance, bestselling novelist Holden brings to life the early years before Queen Elizabeth II became monarch. “This captivating page-turner whisks readers back in time to Buckingham Palace in 1933…A majestic story that delves into the incredible life of Queen Elizabeth II before she took her place on the throne.”—Woman’s World

Download or read book The Inconvenient Duchess Mills Boon Historical written by Christine Merrill and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Cici and Father, I have come to Devon and married a duke. And I'm more tired and hungry than I have ever been in my life. Please let me come home.

Download or read book The Earl s Runaway Governess written by Catherine Tinley and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2019-04-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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...

Download or read book The Nonesuch written by Georgette Heyer and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers continue to be charmed by bestselling author Georgette Heyer, the Queen of Regency Romance, and her flashes of wit, wonderful dialogue, and delightful intrigue. An impetuous flight... Tiffany Wield's bad behavior is a serious trial to her chaperone. "On the shelf" at twenty-eight, Ancilla Trent strives to be a calming influence on her tempestuous charge, but then Tiffany runs off to London alone and Ancilla is faced with a devastating scandal. A gallant rescue... Sir Waldo Hawkridge, confirmed bachelor and one of the wealthiest men in London, comes instantly to the aid of the intrepid Ancilla to stop Tiffany's flight, and in the process discovers that it's never too late for the first bloom of love. Praise for Georgette Heyer: "A writer of great wit and style... I've read her books to ragged shreds."—Kate Fenton, Daily Telegraph "Triumphantly good...Georgette Heyer is unbeatable."—India Knight, Sunday Telegraph

Download or read book The Cinderella Heiress written by Janice Preston and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-05-25 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She’s inherited a fortune But will she realize her true worth? Claiming her inheritance in London will help Beatrice Fothergill escape her bullying, belittling half brother. When her carriage overturns, dashing Waterloo soldier Jack Kingswood comes to her aid—setting her pulse racing! In return, believing her new fortune can help the injured veteran rebuild his life, Beatrice proposes a convenient marriage. But is this all she can offer—or dare Beatrice believe she’s worthy of more? From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past. Lady Tregowan's Will Three penniless half sisters. An unexpected inheritance. A year to wed. Book 1: The Rags-to-Riches Governess Book 2: The Cinderella Heiress

Download or read book The Bride s Seduction Mills Boon Historical written by Louise Allen and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Marriage of Convenience?

Download or read book A Waltz with the Outspoken Governess written by Catherine Tinley and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quiet governess…an unruly heart. Sir Nicholas Denny is desperate to find a governess to care for his boisterous nieces and nephews. Demure vicar’s daughter Mary Smith seems ideal — at first. All too soon Nicholas discovers a different side…a beautiful, vivacious woman, even if she infuriates him with her strong opinions! When he waltzes with Mary at a party, he knows he’s in trouble — the spark between them is so tempting, but she challenges everything he thought he wanted in a wife! Mills & Boon Historical — Your romantic escape to the past.

Download or read book The Convenient Felstone Marriage written by Jenni Fletcher and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 in unflattering clothes, has failed. As she tries desperately to argue her case, her brother simply advises her to grit her teeth and soon enough she’ll be a rich widow. Then the handsome gentleman who’d been dozing next to them in the train carriage overhears and chastises her sharply for what seems to him her mercenary scheme. Ianthe’s protestations do her no good—and she is only more flabbergasted when he proposes that she marry him instead! But the attractive shipbuilder has his own reasons for doing so—and the baronet is not taking rejection well . . .

Download or read book The Cinderella Governess written by Georgie Lee and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time… Joanna Radcliff has always dreamed of the day when she'd become a governess and finally be part of a proper family. Except, instead of a warm welcome, she's given a frosty reception by her employers—and her charges! The only person who pays her any attention is the dashing Major Preston… Despite their stolen conversations and tantalizing glances in the ballroom, Luke and Joanna know that their stations in life are just too different. But when this Cinderella governess's life is transformed and their roles are reversed, will they risk everything to be together?

Download or read book Magic in Vienna written by Betty Neels and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A rather dull girl…with no looks to speak of.” Doctor Charles Trescombe’s opinion of his niece’s governess was far from complimentary. Cordelia knew she was plain. She also knew what good manners were, and the high-and-mighty doctor didn’t have any! But there was magic in Vienna that could transform even the most unlikely people. Much to her dismay, Cordelia fell in love with him anyway. And Charles soon discovered that quiet and unassuming ways had a knack for stealing a man’s heart—without him even realizing it.

Download or read book How to Sin Successfully written by Bronwyn Scott and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riordan Barrett: Last Rake Standing With his comrade rakes-in-arms succumbing to respectability, anyone might think that wicked Riordan Barrett is next. But such happy endings aren't for him--the whole of society knows there isn't a redeemable bone in his sinfully sexy body. Suddenly Riordan finds himself not only an earl...but father to two young wards His only experience is in the art of irresponsibility. This rake needs help--and hiring a young, pretty governess won't be such a hardship Sweet, innocent Maura Caulfield is the only lady in London seemingly unaware of Riordan's disreputable ways. But it won't stay like that for long. He'll show her just how much fun sinning can be....

Download or read book Dear Tyrant written by Margaret Malcolm and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The English Governess at the Siamese Court written by Anna Leonowens and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 2009-08-19 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Such was Chow Phya Sri Sury Wongse when I was first presented to him: a natural king among the dusky forms that surrounded him, the actual ruler of that semi- barbarous realm, and the prime contriver of its arbitrary policy. Black, but comely, robust, and vigorous, neck short and thick, nose large and nostrils wide, eyes inquisitive and penetrating, his was the massive brain proper to an intellect deliberate and systematic. Well found in the best idioms of his native tongue, he expressed strong, discriminative thoughts in words at once accurate and abundant. His only vanity was his English, with which he so interlarded his native speech, as often to impart the effect of levity to ideas that, in themselves, were grave, judicious, and impressive.

Download or read book The Penniless Debutante written by Janice Preston and published by . This book was released on 2022-02 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost destitute. When she inherits a fortune! The will that sees Aurelia Croome become wealthy forbids her from marrying the new Lord Tregowan. That wouldn't be a concern if the only man to catch Aurelia's eye during her first Season wasn't Maximillian Penrose - Lord Tregowan! Why is it that no one else has Max's honour, wit or tantalising good looks? The spectre of being poor again haunts her... but the thought of sacrificing passion for comfort is just as terrifying!

Download or read book His Housekeeper s Christmas Wish Mills Boon Historical Lords of Disgrace Book 1 written by Louise Allen and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ’TIS THE SEASON FOR MISCHIEF! Accidentally colliding with Tess Ellery on the icy streets of Ghent is definitely not the way resolute bachelor Alexander Tempest, Viscount Weybourn, intended to start the festive period. He might have mistaken her for a nun, but there’s nothing innocent about his reaction to Tess’s delicious curves...