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Idaho

A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors where she discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.

The Secret Garden

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Texas

Dear Lady Truelove

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 and governess, knows she has all the qualifications to be a tutor. And while female tutors are unheard of, Amanda isn't about to lose the chance at her dream job because of pesky details like that. If Lord Kenyon insists on hiring a man, then she has only one option . . .

Jamie isn't sure what to make of his new employee, until he realizes the shocking truth--beneath the ill-fitting suits, his boys' tutor is a woman. An unconventional, outspoken, thoroughly intriguing woman. Despite Amanda's deception, he can't dismiss her when his boys are learning so much. Yet Jamie, too, is learning surprising lessons--about desire, seduction, and passionate second chances . . .

Governess Gone Rogue

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Kristen McKendry

Utah

Indepedent young Kate Porter envisions a future far greater than the middle-class existence she's always lived, and her work as a governess is simply a means to an end. The glittering world of a society wife calls, and her new position as a private tutor for the children of Mr. Alonzo Colaco is a step in the right direction. She merrily imagines the grand house awaiting her -- but when her new employer meets her at the train station driving a gaily painted gypsy wagon, Kate suspects her new job as a children's tutor will not be all she dreamed. Kate finds herself living in the woods in a refitted train car as she teaches the charming children of Alonzo, a tinker by trade. After trying in vain to secure another job, Kate is left with little choice. She must simply bide her time until a better position presents itself. Before long, however, she abandons her petticoats and preconceptions in favor of the joys of a simple life -- and the possibility of true love. But when opportunity knocks, will Kate really be ready to walk away from all she's come to care for to pursue her high-society dreams? --

The Governess

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Michigan

When a Duke loves a Governess

Back corner of cover has indentations but no rips. Otherwise in excellent used condition. 

Washington

Raised in a poor yet genteel household, Rachel Woodley is working in France as a governess when she receives news that her mother has died, suddenly. Grief-stricken, she returns to the small town in England where she was raised to clear out the cottage... and finds a cutting from a London society magazine, with a photograph of her supposedly deceased father dated all of three months before. He's an earl, respected and influential, and he is standing with another daughter - his legitimate daughter. Which makes Rachel... not legitimate. Everything she thought she knew about herself and her past - even her very name - is a lie.Still reeling from the death of her mother, and furious at this betrayal, Rachel sets herself up in London under a new identity. There she insinuates herself into the party-going crowd of Bright Young Things, with a steely determination to unveil her father's perfidy and bring his -and her half-sister's - charmed world crashing down. Very soon, however, Rachel faces two unexpected snags; she finds that she genuinely likes her half-sister, Olivia, whose situation isn't as simple it appears; and that she might just be falling for her sister's fiancé..

The Other Daughter

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#paperback #classic ##paperback #saga #oppression #boardingschool #strict #governess #poverty #isolation #love #forgiveness # independence 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Jane Eyre

Tessa Arlen

Illinois

A Novel of the Queen's Governess

Marion Crawford, governess to Queen Elizabeth II, has always stood by the young royal's side. In May 1945, the Queen falls in love with Prince Phillip - and no one except Marion thinks the match is a good one. Marion feels she can t leave the Queens's side until Elizabeth and Philip have received the King's blessing, much to the disappointment of her finacee George. Now Marion is caught between her loyalty to the Queen and her love for George. And just around the corner is a betrayal that will sever her bond with the royal family forever.

In Royal Service to the Queen

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Book jacket and pages yellowing due to age 

Little Brown and Company, 1969 book club edition, 480 pages
Movie tie in - 

Perhaps the most beloved of John Fowles's internationally bestselling works, The French Lieutenant's Woman is a feat of seductive storytelling that effectively invents anew the Victorian novel. "Filled with enchanting mysteries and magically erotic possibilities" (New York Times), the novel inspired the hugely successful 1981 film starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons and is today universally regarded as a modern classic.

California

The French Lieutenants Woman

Christina Dodd

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

New York

The Governess Brides

New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd spins the captivating tale of a nobleman whose path crosses again with the one woman he absolutely cannot resist . . . .

A Disastrous Season

A simple statue began the scandal.

A Lady Concealed

An innocent English miss conceived of it, her hands gliding across the clay, delineating each smoothly defined muscle and sinew, creating a sculpture of the man she worshipped. When the likeness was exposed, along with Miss Jane Higgenbothem's secret tendre for Lord Blackburn, the ton's gleeful contempt sent the lady back to the country in disgrace.

A Gentleman Revealed

Now, a decade later, she's back in London, as a chaperone to her beautiful niece. But to Blackburn, Jane's unwitting model, the cool, reticent spinster is still a challenge. She once made the arrogant rake a laughingstock; so why is he tempted to revive an affair that almost began so long ago, on that scandalous evening . . . ?

That Scandalous Evening

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Camille Oster

There are a few deep grooves on the cover. No holes. 

A Classic Victorian Gothic Romance

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The book itself is in great condition, but it has 4 stickers/labels from a previous owner #fiction #historicalfiction #romance #mltyndall #london #1800s #governess 

New Jersey

Set your sails for an engrossing, fast-paced adventure of intrigue, passion, and betrayal upon the historic shores of Britain.

The Falcon and the Sparrow

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Missouri

A Change of Fortune 

T. J. Brown

Virginia

1913: In a sprawling manor on the outskirts of London, three young women seek to fulfill their destinies and desires amidst the unspoken rules of society in this stunning series starter that fans of Downton Abbey will love. Rowena Buxton Sir Philip Buxton raised three girls into beautiful and capable young women in a bohemian household that defied Edwardian tradition. Eldest sister Rowena was taught to value people, not wealth or status. But everything she believes will be tested when Sir Philip dies, and the girls must live under their uncle’s guardianship at the vast family estate, Summerset Abbey. Standing up for a beloved family member sequestered to the “underclass” in this privileged new world, and drawn into the Cunning Coterie, an exclusive social circle of aristocratic “rebels,” Rowena must decide where her true passions—and loyalties—lie. Victoria Buxton Frail in body but filled with an audacious spirit, Victoria secretly dreams of attending university to become a botanist like her father. But this most unladylike wish is not her only secret—Victoria has stumbled upon a family scandal that, if revealed, has the potential to change lives forever... Prudence Tate Prudence was lovingly brought up alongside Victoria and Rowena, and their bond is as strong as blood. But by birth she is a governess’s daughter, and to the lord of Summerset Abbey, that makes her a commoner who must take her true place in society—as lady’s maid to her beloved “sisters.” But Pru doesn’t belong in the downstairs world of the household staff any more than she belongs upstairs with the Buxton girls. And when a young lord catches her eye, she begins to wonder if she’ll ever truly carve out a place for herself at Summerset Abbey.

Summerset Abbey

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Olivia Drake

Unlikely Duchesses

A stunning new Regency from beloved author Olivia Drake, When a Duke Loves a Governess...!

When a Duke Loves a Governess

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Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Maine

Rules of Surrender

My Fair Temptress

Colorado

Wendy Holden

The Unknown Childhood of the Most Famous Woman Who Ever Lived

The fictionalised story of Marion 'Crawfie' Crawford, the progressive young working-class woman who, as royal governess for seventeen years, lived on the most intimate terms with Princess Margaret and the future Queen Elizabeth II.

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