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Bridal Veil Island romances volume 3
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English
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"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?"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Seasons of redemption volume 2
Publisher
Realms
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
In an effort to become independent of her family back in Missouri, Sarah McCabe accepts a governess position in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, giving her a firsthand taste of the life she has always desired-a life of luxury, culture, and social privilege. Richard Navis is a man determined to finish his indentureship to Captain Sinclair and take over his family's farm. But when he falls in love with Sarah, his homesteading goals blur. When Sarah's reputation...
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English
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In a future where humanity has scattered itself across the stars and Earth itself is now a dimly-remembered place of legend, two worlds of near-supernatural strangeness challenge two naive but courageous heroes. The planet Beltane had been unscathed by the all-encompassing war of the four Sectors when Vere Collis and his friends were trapped by powerful explosions on the surface. Their leader was killed, but the group wandered for days underground...
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Series
Pink Carnation novels volume 8
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Laura Grey, a veteran governess, joins the Selwick Spy School and her first assignment is serving as governess for the children of Andre Jaouen, right-hand man to Bonaparte's minister of police. Jaouen and his arch rival, Gaston Delaroche, are investigating a suspected Royalist plot to unseat Bonaparte, and Laura's mission is to report any suspicious findings. Soon, Laura and Jaouen are forced on the run with the children, and with the help of the...
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When Miss Samantha Prendregast arrives at Devil's Fell to take charge of six rebellious girls, the vibrant, outspoken governess is not quite prepared to deal with the tall, dark and dashing master of the grand estate. The children she can manage with intelligence, guile . . . and a little bribery. Their widowed father, Colonel William Gregory, is not so easily charmed -- and far too easy to fall in love with, which she dares not do.
William always...
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Adelaide Proctor is a young woman with her head in the clouds, longing for a real-life storybook hero to claim as her own. But when a husband-hunting debacle leaves her humiliated, she interviews for a staid governess position on a central Texas sheep ranch and vows to leave her romantic yearnings behind. When Gideon Westcott left his privileged life in England to make a name for himself in America's wool industry, he never expected to become a father...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, is hired as governess to three young children who have been raised by wolves and must teach them to behave in a civilized manner quickly, in pr
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Civil War heroines volume Book 1
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English
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"Bestselling author Mary Ellis presents The Quaker and the Rebel, Book 1 of her brand-new Civil War historical romance series, which tells the stories of brave women in times of testing and the men who love them. Emily Harrison's life has been turned upside down. At the beginning of the Civil War, she bravely attempted to continue her parents' work as conductors in the Underground Railroad until their Ohio farm was sold in foreclosure. Now alone,...
13) Holding the fort
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English
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Dance hall singer Louisa Bell has always lived one step from destitution. When she loses her job at the Cat-Eye Saloon, she has nowhere else to go but to her brother, a cavalry soldier stationed in Indian Territory. But he's run afoul of his commanding officer. Unsure what she can do to help him and desperate for a job, she doesn't protest when she's mistaken for a governess at the fort. How hard can teaching really be? Major Daniel Adams has his...
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HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In this empowering Black queer romance reimagining of Charlotte Bronte's classic novel, Jane Eyre, the new governess at Thornfield Hall discovers her cruel employer has locked away his wife as revenge for withholding her inheritance and, as his dark plan unfolds, must find a way to save this woman she's come to love-
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Ladies of Summerhill volume 2
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English
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The chance to break the big story is all Charlotte needs to secure her future. But when the truth comes outùit may cost her the love of her life. Newport, Rhode Island, in 1900ùa glamorous resort town where the rich and famous go to see and be seen. Charlotte Hale isn't part of that world. She's a working girl, a secretary for a local newspaper, who dreams of becoming a real reporter. When her boss offers her an assignment, she jumps at the opportunity....
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"Sometimes the love we've always wanted is the one we've always had. Singer Ginny Marshall is one signature away from a major recording contract--a dream come true for a girl still struggling to bury memories of the past. Wanting to talk to someone with her best interests in mind, she looks up her former fiance, Brett Miller, in Glacier Bay, Alaska. There, the stunning scenery provides a respite from LA's pressures, and Ginny finds community among...
17) Jane Eyre
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Publisher
Modern Pub
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
A simplified, abridged version of Jane Eyre's experiences as a governess for the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester in nineteenth-century England.
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Cornwall novels volume 1
Language
English
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"Delia, a governess to five recently orphaned children, would risk anything to protect them, even her heart"--
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Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Sent with her governess to live with the dreadful Carter family in exotic Brazil in 1910, Maia endures many hardships before fulfilling her dream of exploring the Amazon River.
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