Title: When A Duke Loves A Governess (Unlikely Duchesses, book#3)
Genre: Historical Romance
Author: Olivia Drake
Source: Free for review from the publisher
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, July 27, 2021
Pages: 320
Rating: 4
Sexy Rating: 5
Violence Rating: 5
Description from Amazon:
Tessa James has worked and planned tirelessly to open her own millinery shop. All she needs now is a loan from the lord who sired and abandoned her. The only problem is, she doesn’t even know his name. What’s a woman to do to find him but enter the aristocratic world by becoming a governess?
Guy Whitby, the new Duke of Carlin, has returned to London after years abroad to discover that his young daughter Sophy has become a wild-child known for scaring away every governess who’s crossed his doorstep. When Tessa James applies for the job, he hires her in desperation despite his misgivings that she’s too bold and beautiful–and that she might be fibbing about her qualifications.
Their blooming attraction leads them on a completely unexpected path to love that neither wants to deny. But when an old enemy threatens Guy’s family, their forbidden romance goes up in flames. Can they still learn to love and trust each other as forces try to tear them apart?
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Often Tessa seems too innocent to be telling all the lies that she does but then her childhood was not so innocent. Guy, the Duke of Carlin, hires Tessa even though he has misgivings and really never trusts her fully until toward the end of the book. I can’t help but wonder if he had so many misgivings then why let her be governess to his daughter? Well, Tessa is the ideal governess so that works in her favor.
There is good romance writing here. There are some surprises you won’t see coming and some scary action. This is a sexy novel and there is lots of rapid breathing and stolen kisses.
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