The Governess Trilogy
Three orphans have become firm friends during their sojourn at The Paddington Charitable Seminary for Indigent Young Ladies where they are trained for the life of a governess. Prudence is the soft-hearted one, prone to impulse. Nell is the capable one, up for a challenge. Kitty is the imaginative one, with dreams beyond her expectations.
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Each of them bravely sets forth, having no idea of the twists destiny has in store.
Prudence
A Regency Cinderella Story
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Can Prudence find her forever home…?
1795, England
Miss Prudence Hursley, orphaned from a young age, has grown up at the Paddington Charitable Seminary for Indigent Young Ladies. Primed for service, she is now ready to take up a position as a governess.
Full of trepidation as she takes the stagecoach to meet her employer at Rookham Hall, Prudence is sad to be leaving Nell and Kitty – her childhood friends who have replaced the family she lost and become like sisters to her.
Prudence has been given a temporary position by Mr Julius Rookham to teach – or tame – his two young wards, who have so far had an unconventional upbringing.
But when Prudence meets Julius she finds his changeable moods disconcerting. And it will take more than a little patience to turn the two unruly girls into refined young women, ready to enter society.
With her future hanging in the balance, can Prudence make herself invaluable enough to secure a permanent position?
And can Nell and Kitty advise her on how to handle the mysterious Mr Rookham…?
Nell
A Gothic Romance full of suspense
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What is hiding behind the castle walls…?
1795, England
Having grown up with her two best friends Prudence and Nell at the Paddington Charitable Seminary for Indigent Young Ladies, Kitty Merrick is now being urged to take up a position as a governess.
However, she is determined to resist the path that has been laid out for her. Convinced that she is the illegitimate daughter of two nobles, Kitty believes she is fated to marry a lord and take her place in Society.
A chance meeting with Claud, Viscount Devenick, quickly throws her life into disarray. Mistaking Kitty for his cousin, he compels her to accompany him home — only to find that she is at the centre of a long-buried family scandal.
Curious about Kitty’s past and keen to upset his cold-hearted mother, Claud asks Kitty to marry him. Enchanted by the prospect of becoming a viscountess, Kitty accepts.
But married life is far from what she expected. With Claud preoccupied and often away from home, Kitty soon grows lonely. And when everyone in Claud’s family refuses to speak of her origins, she begins to despair of ever finding out who she really is…
How is Kitty connected to Claud’s family? Can she find a way to make her marriage work?
Or will she come to regret her hasty elopement…?
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Kitty
A scandalous tangle in Regency England
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Will Kitty find the happy ending she’s always dreamed of…?
1795, England
Having grown up with her two best friends Prudence and Nell at the Paddington Charitable Seminary for Indigent Young Ladies, Kitty Merrick is now being urged to take up a position as a governess.
However, she is determined to resist the path that has been laid out for her. Convinced that she is the illegitimate daughter of two nobles, Kitty believes she is fated to marry a lord and take her place in Society.
A chance meeting with Claud, Viscount Devenick, quickly throws her life into disarray. Mistaking Kitty for his cousin, he compels her to accompany him home — only to find that she is at the centre of a long-buried family scandal.
Curious about Kitty’s past and keen to upset his cold-hearted mother, Claud asks Kitty to marry him. Enchanted by the prospect of becoming a viscountess, Kitty accepts.
But married life is far from what she expected. With Claud preoccupied and often away from home, Kitty soon grows lonely. And when everyone in Claud’s family refuses to speak of her origins, she begins to despair of ever finding out who she really is…
How is Kitty connected to Claud’s family? Can she find a way to make her marriage work?
Or will she come to regret her hasty elopement…?
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