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The Nobleman's Governess Bride
Romance
The Nobleman's Governess Bride
Book 1 of the The Glass Slipper Chronicles series
357 pages · First published 2012
A governess enters a noble household expecting employment, not a place in the family whose children she has been hired to care for. The nobleman responsible for the estate values order and duty, but the governess’s influence on his household gradually makes professional boundaries harder to maintain. Class differences and concern for the children complicate any possibility of courtship. Deborah Hale’s historical romance combines the governess trope, family healing, and a noble hero learning that the woman who restores warmth to his home may belong there for reasons no employment contract can define.
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Mild romantic content, including kissing
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