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English
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"Governess Juliana Ashbourne has dreams reaching far beyond the confines of her current position, hoping to someday establish her own school for girls. When she inherits a fortune from her late grandfather, she is shocked to learn that "someday" may soon be within reach. However, there is one condition: she must spend a month at the estate of Havenfield--with the very family who disowned her mother. Intent on securing the money she needs to start...
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English
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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 secret, which, if exposed, will change his life forever. When he glimpses a figure on the grounds, he fears a spy or thief has overheard his devastating news. He is stunned to discover the intruder is a scrap of a woman...
Author
Publisher
Sweetwater Books, an imprint of Cedar Fort, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Harriet Shore flees her small seaside town to become a governess in London. When the Duchess of Dorset notices Harriet's resemblance to her own daughter, Virginia, Harriet takes on a double life that quickly becomes complicated.
5) Jane Eyre
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Series
Language
English
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In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess and soon finds herself in love with her employer who has a terrible secret.
Author
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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"Governess Juliana Ashbourne has dreams reaching far beyond the confines of her current position, hoping to someday establish her own school for girls. When she inherits a fortune from her late grandfather, she is shocked to learn that "someday" may soon be within reach. However, there is one condition: she must spend a month at the estate of Havenfield--with the very family who disowned her mother. Intent on securing the money she needs to start...
Author
Publisher
Sweetwater Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
After finding herself destitute, Sophia Cavanaugh sees only one course open to her, that of becoming a governess. She finds a champion in Charles Mortimer, and is provided a position by his mother. He captures her heart, but are the feelings mutual?
Author
Publisher
Fawcett Crest
Pub. Date
1983, c1958
Edition
1st Ballantine Books ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Linda Martin, an English governess at the French Chateau Valmy, is convinced that the accident which nearly killed her young charge, Comte Philippe de Valmy, was not an accident at all.
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Miss Penelope Lumley assuages the disappointments of her sixteenth birthday by accepting an invitation to speak at her former school, the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, which will be closed if she cannot prove the academic progress of her incorrigible charges.
11) The unmapped sea
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Determined to break the wolfish curse that is threatening her charges and their unborn baby sibling, Miss Penelope Lumley takes a seaside holiday in the hope of gaining answers from an aging mariner.
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
"Unhappy Penelope Lumley is trapped in unhappy Plinkst! Even the beets for which Plinkst is inexplicably famous fail to grow in this miserable Russian village. Penelope anxiously counts the days and wonders how she will ever get back to England in time to save all the Ashtons-who, she now knows, include herself and the Incorrigible children...."--Back cover.
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Series
Cornwall novels volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
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Description
"In the first of a new series from beloved Regency romance author, Sarah Ladd, Delia, a governess to five recently orphaned children, would risk anything to protect them . . . even her heart"--
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" as told by young Teddy's governess, who came to work at the Vaughn family "cottage" shortly before a golden-haired girl, ragged and dirty, entered the home and soon became a beloved foster child, until evil characters tried to take her away.
Author
Series
Barrington family saga volume 1
Publisher
Covenant Communications
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A strange and disturbing conversation overheard while secretly perusing the pages of the family Bible in the Barringtonś study . . .A mysterious yet intriguing book of scripture left unattended on the street . . .An elusive new religion that beckons from halfway across the world . . .The daunting task of becoming the governess to the Barrington children . . .A proposal of marriage without a declaration of love . . .Thus begins an epic that takes...
16) The unseen guest
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
The children and Penelope, their governess, leave London and return to Ashton Place where Penelope decides to take matters into her own hands and do some investigating to find out the truth about the children, Lord Ashton, and herself.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A richly imagined novel inspired by the true story of Anne Sharp, a governess who became very close with Jane Austen and her family by the #1 International bestselling-author of Miss Austen.
On January 21, 1804, Anne Sharpe arrives at Godmersham Park in Kent to take up the position of governess. At thirty-one years old, she has no previous experience of either teaching or fine country houses. Her mother has died, and she has nowhere else to go. Anne...
Author
Series
A romance of rank volume 2
Publisher
Esther Hatch
Pub. Date
�2023
Language
English
Description
If there is one woman Samson Rutherford, Earl of Riverton, can't abide, it is his meddling sister. He has spent his whole life being a pawn in her plans and tricks, but when one of her schemes leaves him embarrassed in front of an old friend, he has finally had enough. Since he cannot beat her at her games, or even say no to her, his only option to save his sanity and pride is to run away--and luckily, his solicitor knows just the place... Catherine...
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a governess trained at the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, takes the three Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place to London, England, and learns they are under a curse.
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