The Governess Game by Tessa Dare - book review
But this is 1817 and the chances of someone of Alexandra’s social class meeting up again with the heir to a dukedom are exceedingly small… or are they?
Lay aside all expectations of verisimilitude and allow yourself to wallow in the sheer pleasure of the new sizzler in Tessa Dare’s naughtily indulgent Girl Meets Duke Regency romance series which features the age-old winning formula of dashing aristocrats and feisty females.
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Hide AdRegency romances have been a hot favourite since Georgette Heyer began making the genre her own way back in 1935. Heyer’s legacy has been generations of authors who have taken up her mantle to deliver the same seductive brand of light comedy, clever plotting and sparkling romance.
And serving up these tasty, tantalising winners – but with a deliciously modern flavour – is Californian Tessa Dare who can raise pulses with a flick of her pen and is fast becoming the go-to queen of Regency romance.
Alexandra (Alex) Mountbatten ekes out a living by setting clocks in the homes of wealthy London customers. She has her feet firmly on the ground but still thrills to the memory of her brief brush with Chase Reynaud, heir to the Duke of Belvoir, in a bookshop.
When she unexpectedly meets up with him again on a clock-setting job at his London mansion, Alex soon finds herself being persuaded to take on the impossible post of governess to Chase’s two orphaned wards and transforming the wild girls into proper young ladies.
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