The Wanton Governess
Published on 11. February 2025
79 pages
978-1-4592-0744-8 (ISBN)
Description
Sussex, 1801
Governess Pompeia Grant thinks pretending to be Sir James Carling's wife as a favor to his sister will be harmless. She is haunted by his rejection of her youthful advances, but she's desperate for a place to stay after losing her last post.
When James unexpectedly returns home from America, she assumes the game is up-until James encourages her to stay, and enjoy the pleasurable consequences of their charade.
Governess Pompeia Grant thinks pretending to be Sir James Carling's wife as a favor to his sister will be harmless. She is haunted by his rejection of her youthful advances, but she's desperate for a place to stay after losing her last post.
When James unexpectedly returns home from America, she assumes the game is up-until James encourages her to stay, and enjoy the pleasurable consequences of their charade.
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Barbara Monajem grew up in western Canada. She wrote her first story in third grade about apple tree gnomes. After dabbling in neighborhood musicals and teen melodrama, she published a middle-grade fantasy when her children were young. Now her kids are adults, and she writes historical and paranormal romance for grownups. She lives in Georgia, USA , with an ever-shifting population of relatives, friends, and mostly feline strays.
