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?
Governesses
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Author:Peterson, TracieSummary: -
Author:James, HenrySummary:A governess is hired to look after two orphaned children living at their absentee uncle’s grand estate and soon becomes convinced that her charges are controlled by the ghosts of the former governess and her lover. Famous for its rich...
- Author:Klassen, JulieSummary:
Believing herself guilty of a crime, Olivia Keene flees her home, eventually stumbling upon a grand estate where an elaborate celebration is in progress. But all is not as joyous as it seems. Lord Bradley has just learned a terrible...
- Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
It is 1938 and the final days of the British Empire. In a bungalow high up in the green hills above the plains of Ceylon, under a vast blue sky, live the Ferguson family: Bella, a precocious eight-year-old, her father Henry, owner of...
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Author:Matthews, MimiSummary:A PROUD BEAUTY... Society beauty Sylvia Stafford is far too pragmatic to pine. When the tragic death of her gamester father leaves her destitute and alone, she finds work as a governess in a merchant’s household in Cheapside. Isolated...
- Author:Ladd, Sarah E.Summary:
In Regency England, one letter will alter a young woman's fate when it summons her to Briarton Park--an ancient place that holds the secrets of her past and the keys to her future. Cassandra Hale grew up knowing little about her...
- Author:Kaye, MargueriteSummary:
Dark-hearted Sheikh Prince Jamil al-Nazarri commands his kingdom effortlessly, less so his difficult little daughter! Exasperated, he hires an English governess, hoping she'll instill some much-needed discipline. Lady Cassandra...
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Author:Oldfield, PamelaSummary:A gripping murder mystery set in Henley-on-Thames - 1912, Henley-on-Thames. Twenty-four-year old Marianne Lefevre is pleased to be taken on as a governess in the affluent Matlowe household. The young twins Emmie and Edie are bright and...
- Author:Wiggs, SusanSummary:
Jessica Darling was content as the governess of two motherless children, until their long-lost father returned unexpectedly to take them. Fletcher Danforth, imprisoned for five years in the colonies, felt little love for anyone, except...
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Author:Brontë, CharlotteSummary:The notes to the text pay particular attention to literary and Biblical allusions and to words and phrases not readily available in desk dictionaries. They also include translation of French passages. The backgrounds section of this...
- Author:Witemeyer, KarenSummary:
When Adelaid Proctor finds herself stranded in 1883 Texas, she's hired by a British-born sheep rancher as governess for a daughter still grief-stricken over her mom's death. As Adelaid gently draws the girl out of her shell of silence,...
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Author:Pick, AlisonSummary:Winner of the Helen and Stan Vine Jewish Book Award and finalist for the Man Booker Prize In Far to Go, one of our most accomplished young writers takes us inside the world of an affluent Jewish family in Prague during the lead-up to...
- Author:Laurens, StephanieSummary:
When Devil, the most infamous member of the Cynster family, is caught in a compromising position with governess Honoria Wetherby, he astonishes the entire town by offering his hand in marriage. As society ladies swoon at the loss of...
- Author:Winspear, VioletSummary:
After the death of her fiance, all Lyn wanted was to get as far away from her old life as possible and the offer of a job as nanny seemed just what she was looking for. But she had not bargained for the child's uncle, Rick, a man you...
- Author:De Blasi, MarlenaSummary:
Deemed an illegitimate child by her royal Polish family, Amandine is abandoned as a baby at a French convent. As she grows, Amandine struggles to accept her orphaned state. She longs to put together the missing pieces of her identity,...
- Author:Field, RachelSummary:
The heroine, Henriette Deluzy-Desportes, governess to the children of the Duc de Praslin, found herself strangely drawn to her employer; when the Duc murdered his wife in the most savage fashion, she had to plead her own case before the...
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Author:Brontë, AnneSummary:Like her sister Charlotte’s Jane Eyre, Anne Brontë’s classic lays bare the vulnerable position of the governess in 19th century England. Let down by irresponsible parents, ill-treated by employers, Agnes’s one chance at happiness lies,...
