Governess Stories

Description: In the shadows of Riverforth Manor, a forbidden love ignites between governess Lyra Skylen and her brooding master, Mr. Charles Fredrick Jefferson. As Lyra unravels the mysteries of the manor, she's drawn to Charles's dark allure, but a hidden secret in a forbidden room threatens to destroy everything. Will their love survive the secrets that bind them?. Prompt from the Open novella contest (78: You begin to realize that nothing is quite what it seems ).

The Dawson's have been living a normal life in Surrey, England. That is, until the British are involved in the Seventh Xhosa War. Charles Dawson is called upon to fight for the Queen. With their father gone, the four Dawson children are acting out, and their emotional mother, Jane, can't control them. So she writes her youngest sister, Sarah, for help. After a month, their house gets burnt down in a mysterious fire and they are taken in by Charles' brother, Daniel Dawson, the Duke of Surrey. Sarah gave up on the idea of love years ago when the boy she courted broke her heart. What happens when her views on love are changed when she meets the Duchess's older brother, Adam Holt? Adam Holt has nothing to live for. His hobbies include gambling, sleeping with random women, and hunting. While staying with his sister, he notices a beautiful, young governess. She is innocent in all ways and protective of the things she loves. What happens when these two meet? Would Adam change his ways? Could Sarah ever let herself trust another man?

Bored, on a rainy day, Sebastian and Sabrina watched their governess, Miss Glimp, until she falls asleep. They stealthily leave the nursery to explore the attic. Upstairs, their grandfather stores the antiques from his store. He has just acquired the furnishing from a famous writer who has passed on. The children are anxious to read his notes, but Sebastian is more intrigued by an old looking glass.

19 year-old Willa Stanbury is overjoyed when she begins work as a governess at Thornton House. Though the children and staff are lovely, Willa can't help but think something is not right. As secrets are revealed and lies undone, she begins to realize that the world she lives in, isn't what it seems.

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In the Regency Era, Lady Eleanor Somerset finds herself ensnared by the schemes of her guardian, Jonathan Covington, who plans to marry her off to secure her substantial inheritance. Determined to evade this fate, Eleanor takes a daring step: she disguises herself as a governess and flees to the estate of the reclusive Duke of Hawthorne, known for his artistic talent and aloof demeanor.

I may be one of the only people I know who had a governess. Her name was Suzanne and she came from a small town in Brittany. At the time she came to live with us, I knew nothing about her story -- only that she was there to teach me French. I was five years old. We had just moved into a large and, to me, very ugly house in Sands Point, a peninsula sticking into the Long Island Sound. Suzanne was beautiful, soft, kind, gentle. Her English was good, but heavily accented. She was twenty-nine years old. She would remain in our household for the next twenty-two years until my parents gave her away in marriage to a prominent doctor. When I was sixteen we moved into the city, and I began to learn some of Suzanne's secrets.

Natalie Winters is an American vampire hunter, with a mission to destroy the Sakamaki brothers in their youth. Answering the job request for a live in governess, Natalie thinks the mission will be a breeze. However, after seeing first hand just how terrible these brothers lives are, she can't help but pity them. Determined to give them a childhood, she forgets about her mission all together. But when the brothers do something unforgivable, Natalie flees from the mansion and disappears until the boys are teenagers. Sought out by Karlheinz, he blackmails her into returning to the mansion to watch after his sons and their new bride; Yui Komori. Can she ever forgive the boys for what they've done? Can she protect Yui from the diabolic brothers? And what will become of her when the brothers discover who she truly is?

This is the story of how I became the Talbot Family Nanny

It's 1943 and the war is starting to come towards a close... Anthony and Benedict have been sent home from the war. Anthony was on the front line and Benedict was in the war office in London but upon his brother's injury, Benedict was given permission to come home. Once home Benedict picks up the mantle of running the family's home from his run ragged mother and aunt and decides to hire a governess for his unruly four year old sister and 6 year old brother who have, in the two years since the older two departed, scared off two dozen nurses... Kate, Anthony's Nurse, suggests her friend, Miss Sophia Beckett who she knows is looking for work since leaving her role as a typist in London. Benedict agrees to meet her and when he sees her he has the strangest sensation that he's met her before... A magical night in London and a woman who disappeared leaving him with a broken heart. He could help find German spies all over the world but he couldn't find one woman In all of London... He hires her instantly and spends his time watching her with his younger siblings... Falling more and more in love... As both of them try to remember and try to forget ... The Days Gone By

love story of a widower king and a common maid... he has a daughter...she has two brother and sister to take care of... Did their romance blossom after all hurdles? Do their family accept their love?? Keep reading to know....

Stanford sisters part 1 When Sir Reginald Stanford died, leaving nothing but debts, his eldest daughter, Verity, felt responsible for her younger brother and sister's future. The deeds of the estate were missing and no one, including their trustees, seemed willing to help. The only way to restore the family's fortunes lay with signing a contract with her nearest neighbour, Lord Melrose. Could Major James Mitford, the troubled infantry officer injured at Salamanca, stop Verity from making a terrible mistake. Or would his past prevent him from being able to help.