Books like Rules of attraction:(Governess Brides#4) by Christina Dodd
After nine years of guiding young minds, Hannah Setterington sells the Distinguished Academy of Governesses and seeks answers to her own past. She accepts a post as companion to the reclusive Lord Raeburn, an elderly noble wrapped in mystery and the whisper that he killed his wife. Disbelieving the gossip, Hannah faces the truth of his secret life and the dangerous allure of the man she has chosen to watch. Their mutual attraction flares into a fierce, forbidden romance as Raeburn’s long‑held resentments and plans of vengeance clash with Hannah’s fierce independence and burgeoning desire. In this historical romance, the delicate balance of flirtation and danger unfolds among the halls of English nobility.
First publish date: May 1998
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Christina Dodd
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