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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Agincourt Bride
Joanna Hickson · 592 pages
My Favorite Bride
Christina Dodd · 383 pages
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 lo
Mistress of Mellyn
Victoria Holt · 255 pages
Mount Mellyn stood as proud and magnificent as she had envisioned...But what about its master--Connan TreMellyn? Was Martha Leigh's new employer as romantic as his name sounded? As she approached the sprawling mansion towering above the cliffs of Cornwall, an odd chill of apprehension overcame her. TreMellyn's young daughter, Alvean, proved as spoiled and difficult as the three governesses before
The Governess Affair
Courtney Milan · 100 pages
She will not give up. Three months ago, governess Serena Barton was let go from her position. Unable to find new work, she's demanding compensation from the man who got her sacked: a petty, selfish, swinish duke. But it's not the duke she fears. It's his merciless man of business -- the man known as the Wolf of Clermont. The formidable former pugilist has a black reputation for handling all the du
Rules for a Proper Governess
Jennifer Ashley · 306 pages
When the theft of a watch leads to a position as governess to Scottish barrister Sinclair McBride's two mischievous children, Roberta Frasier, on the run from some unsavory characters, is happy in her new role, and even happier to mend her employer's broken heart.
An Unlikely Governess
Karen Ranney · 384 pages
Still Life With Murder
P.B. Ryan · 316 pages
Prisoners in the Palace
Michaela MacColl · 362 pages
Recently orphaned and destitute, seventeen-year-old Liza Hastings earns a position as a lady's maid to sixteen-year-old Princess Victoria at Kensington Palace in 1836, the year before Victoria becomes Queen of England.
Victoria Rebels
Carolyn Meyer
Through diary entries, reveals the life of Britain's strong-willed and short-tempered Queen Victoria from the age of eight through her twenty-fourth birthday, up to her third wedding anniversary with her beloved Albert in 1843.
Murder in Chelsea
Victoria Thompson · 296 pages
"Sarah Brandt is shattered when she learns that a woman has inquired at Hope's Daughters Mission for Catherine, the abandoned child she has taken as her daughter. The woman claims she was Catherine's nursemaid, now acting on behalf of the girl's mother to reunite them. Unwilling to simply hand Catherine over to a complete stranger, Sarah asks Malloy to investigate. But when he goes to interview th
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte · 474 pages
The novel is set somewhere in the north of England. Jane's childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School, where she acquires friends and role models but also suffers privations and oppression; her time as the governess of Thornfield Hall, where she falls in love with her Byronic employer, Edward Rochester; her ti
Lady of Milkweed Manor
Julie Klassen · 413 pages
Even a proper vicar's daughter can make a mistake—and now Charlotte Lamb must pay a high price for her fall. To avoid the prying eyes of all who know her, she hides herself away in London's forbidding "Milkweed Manor", a place of mystery and lore, of old secrets and new birth.But once there, she comes face to face with a suitor from her past—a man who now hides secrets of his own. Both are determi
Mistress Of Nothing
Kate Pullinger · 264 pages
Based on the real lives of Lady Lucie Duff Gordon and her maid. The story follows Sally as she travels with Lady Duff Gordon from London to Egypt working as a lady's maid. While her mistress seeks treatment for tuberculosis, Sally discovers the wider world and experiences more freedom than ever before, even going so far as to fall in love. Harsh realities intervene, however, causing Sally to come
Mary Reilly
Valerie Martin · 240 pages
This retelling of the enigmatic Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde tale deserves praise for suspense, character creation, and historical verisimilitude. Mary Reilly, a loyal, trusted servant in the household of Dr. Jekyll records in her diary the mysterious circumstances which lead to her Master's tragic fate. The hierarchy of social classes, relationships among servants and domestics, and details of language an
The Wild Princess: A Novel of Queen Victoria's Defiant Daughter
Mary Hart Perry · 417 pages
The marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert produced nine children--five of them princesses, all trained for the role of marriage to future monarchs. However, the fourth princess, Louise--later the duchess of Argyll--became known by the court as "the wild one."
Emma, Vol. 01
Kaoru Mori, Sen Xun · 192 pages
Victoria
Daisy Goodwin · 404 pages
***"I do not like the name Alexandrina. From now on I wish to be known only by my second name, Victoria."*** ***Melbourne nodded. "Queen Victoria."*** Early one morning, less than a month after her eighteenth birthday, Alexandrina Victoria is roused from bed with the news that her uncle William IV has died and she is now Queen of England. The men who run the country have doubts about whether t
Victorian Psycho
Virginia Feito · 206 pages
The Little Princesses
Marion Crawford · 230 pages
Once upon a time, in 1930s England, there were two little princesses named Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. Their father was the Duke of York, the second son of King George V, and their Uncle David was the future King of England.We all know how the fairy tale ended: When King George died, “Uncle David” became King Edward VIII---who abdicated less than a year later to marry the scandalous Wallis Simpso
The Unmapped Sea
Maryrose Wood · 404 pages
Determined to break the wolfish curse that is threatening her charges and their unborn baby sibling, Miss Penelope Lumley takes a seaside holiday in the hope of gaining answers from an aging mariner.
The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Novels
Henry James · 457 pages
A collection of short novels includes the title work, a chilling classic of psychological terror, as well as "Daisy Miller," "The Aspern Papers," "An International Episode," "The Altar of the Dead," and "The Beast of the Jungle."
Rose and the Magician's Mask
Holly Webb · 225 pages
When a precious mask of unimaginable power is stolen from the royal palace, Rose suspects that dark magicians are at work and that danger looms. The race to stop the evil thieves will take Rose to the mysterious city of Venice, where nothing is quite what it seems.
Sapphire Battersea
Jacqueline Wilson · 368 pages
Hetty is now with her dear mother Ida... but Ida has fallen dangerously ill. While caring for her mother, she also struggles to find her own father, Robert, who has her striking red hair as well. Along the way she meets some one from her child hood... Someone called Jem. But after many years have passed, will she still love Jem as much as she did?