Rules for a Proper Governess

Author: Jennifer Ashley
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101614986
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
TO KISS A THIEF… Scottish barrister Sinclair McBride can face the most sinister criminals in London—but the widower’s two unruly children are a different matter. Little Caitlin and Andrew go through a governess a week, sending the ladies fleeing in tears. There is, however, one woman in town who can hold her own. Roberta “Bertie” Frasier enters Sinclair’s life by stealing his watch—and then stealing a kiss. Intrigued by the handsome highlander, Bertie winds up saving his children from a dangerous situation and returning them to their father. Impressed with how they listen to her, Sinclair asks the lively beauty to be their governess, never guessing that the uncoventional lady will teach him a lesson or two in love.

Rules of Surrender

Author: Christina Dodd
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061795283
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 391

Book Description
The Rules of Employment for The Distinguished Academy of Governesses: Always remember your station. Be sure to maintain a disciplined schoolroom. And never, ever become too familiar with the master of the house . . . Lady Charlotte Dalrumple is known as England’s most proper governess, a woman who has never taken a misstep socially—or romantically. On the surface, she seems perfectly suited to accept the challenge of reforming Lord Wynter Ruskin, sadly uncivilized by his travels abroad. But Wynter has no desire to be taught manners. He glimpsed an uninhibited beauty hiding beneath Charlotte’s prim exterior, and he’d much rather spend his days—and nights—instructing her in the pleasures of the body and the passions of the heart. But before they can love, both must also master the Rules of Surrender.

The Governess of Highland Hall

Author: Carrie Turansky
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 1601424973
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
Worlds lie between the marketplaces of India and the halls of a magnificent country estate like Highland Hall. Will Julia be able to find her place when a governess is neither upstairs family nor downstairs help? Missionary Julia Foster loves working alongside her parents, ministering and caring for young girls in India. But when the family must return to England due to illness, she readily accepts the burden for her parents’ financial support. Taking on a job at Highland Hall as governess, she quickly finds that teaching her four privileged, ill-mannered charges at a grand estate is more challenging than expected, and she isn’t sure what to make of the estate’s preoccupied master, Sir William Ramsey. Widowed and left to care for his two young children and his deceased cousin Randolph’s two teenage girls, William is consumed with saving the estate from the financial ruin. The last thing he needs is any distraction coming from the kindhearted-yet-determined governess who seems to be quietly transforming his household with her persuasive personality, vibrant prayer life, and strong faith. While both are tending past wounds and guarding fragile secrets, Julia and William are determined to do what it takes to save their families—common ground that proves fertile for unexpected feelings. But will William choose Julia’s steadfast heart and faith over the wealth and power he needs to secure Highland Hall’s future?

The Mackenzie Chronicles

Author: Jennifer Ashley
Publisher: Jennifer Ashley
ISBN: 194645530X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250

Book Description
Welcome to the Mackenzies / McBrides series! The Mackenzie Chronicles is a guide put together by Jennifer Ashley to the books in the world of the Mackenzies. In this guide, you’ll find character sketches of the main couples in each book, a brief synopsis of each story, an excerpt for that book, and Jennifer’s notes and thoughts about the story and the characters—challenges she faced as well as what she enjoyed most. The Chronicles includes a family tree, a series timeline and reading order, plus publication order and a guide on how to find the books. It all begins with The Madness of Lord Ian!

The Wicked Deeds of Daniel Mackenzie

Author: Jennifer Ashley
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101625589
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385

Book Description
SECOND SIGHT AND SEDUCTION… Daniel Mackenzie lives up to the reputation of the scandalous Mackenzie family—he has wealth, looks, and talent, and women love him. When he meets Violet Bastien—one of the most famous spiritual mediums in England—he immediately knows two things: that Miss Bastien is a fraud, and that he’s wildly attracted to her. Violet knows she can’t really contact the other side, but she’s excellent at reading people. She discerns quickly that Daniel is intelligent and dangerous to her reputation, but she also finds him generous, handsome, and outrageously wicked. But spectres from Violet’s past threaten to destroy her, and she flees England, adopting yet another identity. Daniel is determined to find the elusive Violet and pursue the passion he feels for her. And though Violet knows that her scandalous past will keep her from proper marriage, her attraction to Daniel is irresistible. It’s not until Daniel is the only one she can turn to that he proves he believes in something more than cold facts. He believes in love.

Double Hexed

Author: Allyson James
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 069818291X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 117

Book Description
Trapped in her hotel by powerful magic, half-Navajo Stormwalker Janet Begay must find a way out in this novella from the author of Wild Wolf… Running a little hotel in the southwestern town of Magellan, Janet is used to the occasional problem that requires a plumber or an electrician. But what begins with a leaky faucet in room number 6 leads to a terrifying warning: You are doomed. Soon a powerful hex traps Janet in the hotel with her friends and her lover, Mick, a biker with the power to shift into a dragon—and the power to calm the raging storm magic inside her. While the close quarters stir a passion between them, they must focus their energy on the impending dangers from outside the hotel—and the ones within… Double Hexed previously appeared in Hexed Includes previews for Jennifer Ashley’s upcoming Wild Wolf and Rules for a Proper Governess Praise for the Stormwalker Novels “Action packed…Dynamic characters, magic, and intrigue.”—Cheyenne McCray, New York Times bestselling author “An electrifying read—hot, thrilling, tremendous fun.”—Marjorie M. Liu, New York Times bestselling author “The life-and-death tension and steamy sex scenes are nicely drawn, and fans of both paranormal romance and urban fantasy will enjoy James’s intoxicating blend of the two.”—Publishers Weekly Jennifer Ashley, aka Allyson James, is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and winner of a Romance Writers of America RITA Award. She’s penned more than forty-five novels and a dozen or so novellas in historical romance, paranormal romance, and urban fantasy. She now lives in the Southwest with her husband and cats, spends most of her time in the wonderful world of her stories, and also enjoys hiking, music, and building dollhouses and dollhouse miniatures.

Perfect Mate

Author: Jennifer Ashley
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698182901
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108

Book Description
New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Ashley continues her Shifters Unbound series with the tale of a hot hunk of a bear Shifter on the hunt for a mate… Cormac has been moving from one Shiftertown to the next in search of a mate. Now he’s in Southern Nevada, where a beautiful, unmated bear Shifter greets him…with a shotgun in her hands. Nell is a hot-tempered mother of two cubs, and she doesn’t take kindly to new Shifters showing up in town without her consent—even one with a sexy smile and brilliant blue eyes. But when her sons are endangered and she desperately needs help protecting them, Cormac proves he’s worthy of her trust as well as her desire. Includes previews for Jennifer Ashley’s upcoming WILD WOLF and RULES FOR A PROPER GOVERNESS Praise for the Shifters Unbound series “A must-buy series for paranormal romance lovers.”—Fiction Vixen “Ashley’s Shifter world is exciting, sexy, and magical.”—Yasmine Galenorn, New York Times bestselling author Perfect Mate previously appeared in Unbound Jennifer Ashley, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and winner of a Romance Writers of America RITA Award, also writes as national bestselling and award-winning author Allyson James. She lives in the Southwest with her husband and cats, and spends most of her time in the wonderful worlds of her stories.

Scandal and the Duchess

Author: Jennifer Ashley
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101615931
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
A WOMAN’S REPUTATION Scandal follows Rose Barclay, young widow of the Duke of Southdown, wherever she goes. It’s never her fault—honor bright—but newspapers love to write about the simple girl from Scotland and the much older duke, who died suddenly on their honeymoon. And now there is even more talk as the legitimacy of the marriage is being contested by the duke’s son and heir. Steven McBride is a decorated soldier—and a notorious gambler and womanizer. The last thing he wants is marriage, but due to a series of unfortunate events, he and Rose’s names are linked in the papers, threatening the lovely lady with ruin. To save the day, Steven suggests they claim to be engaged. But as desire boils between them, Rose and Steven soon learn the difficulties of maintaining their deception, which might not be a lie after all … Includes a preview for RULES FOR A PROPER GOVERNESS Praise for the Mackenzie series “Skillfully nuanced characterization and an abundance of steamy sensuality.” —Chicago Tribune “Heartrending, funny, honest, and true… I want to marry the hero!” —Eloisa James, New York Times Bestselling Author “A sexy, passion-filled romance that will keep you reading until dawn.” —Julianne MacLean, USA Today Bestselling Author Jennifer Ashley, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author and winner of a Romance Writers of America RITA Award, also writes as Allyson James and Ashley Gardner. She’s penned more than fifty-five novels and twenty novellas in historical romance, paranormal romance, and urban fantasy. She now lives in the Southwest with her husband and cats, spends most of her time in the wonderful world of her stories, and also enjoys hiking, music, and building dollhouses and dollhouse miniatures.

Written Maternal Authority and Eighteenth-Century Education in Britain

Author: Rebecca Davies
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134788711
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 182

Book Description
Examining writing for and about education in the period from 1740 to 1820, Rebecca Davies’s book plots the formation of a written paradigm of maternal education that associates maternity with educational authority. Examining novels, fiction for children, conduct literature and educative and political tracts by Samuel Richardson, Sarah Fielding, Mary Wollstonecraft, Maria Edgeworth, Ann Martin Taylor and Jane Austen, Davies identifies an authoritative feminine educational voice. She shows how the function of the discourse of maternal authority is modified in different genres, arguing that both the female writers and the fictional mothers adopt maternal authority and produce their own formulations of ideal educational methods. The location of idealised maternity for women, Davies proposes, is in the act of writing educational discourse rather than in the physical performance of the maternal role. Her book contextualizes the development of a written discourse of maternal education that emerged in the enlightenment period and explores the empowerment achieved by women writing within this discourse, albeit through a notion of authority that is circumscribed by the 'rules' of a discipline.

HR: Rules for a Proper Governess

Author: Jennifer Ashley
Publisher: Elex Media komputindo
ISBN: 6020476510
Category : Fiction
Languages : id
Pages : 444

Book Description
Sinclair McBride, sang pengacara Skotlandia, sanggup menghadapi penjahat paling bengis di Londontetapi tidak sanggup menghadapi dua anaknya yang sulit diatur. Caitlin dan Andrew kecil selalu membuat para pengasuh mereka melarikan diri sambil menangis histeris. Tidak ada siapa pun di London yang mampu bertahan menghadapi itu. Roberta Bertie Frasier, si pencopet kawakan di London, masuk ke kehidupan Sinclair setelah mencuri jam milik pria itulalu mencuri ciuman darinya. Karena tertarik oleh sang highlander tampan, Bertie menyelamatkan anak-anak Sinclair dari situasi berbahaya lalu mengembalikan mereka kepada sang ayah. Sinclair meminta Bertie menjadi guru pengasuh mereka, tanpa pernah menduga bahwa wanita cantik itu akan mengajarinya sedikit pelajaran tentang cinta.