Seducing the Governess by Margo Maguire Series: Regency Flings #4
Published by Avon on February 22nd 2011
Genres: Historical Romance, Regency Era
Pages: 370
Format: Paperback
Source: Library
ISBN: 0062018213
A Proper Governess Should Never. . .Assist a handsome stranger, alone on an unfamiliar road . . . unless the rake happens to be her new employer.
Take a position in a crumbling manor . . . especially if the household staff has been replaced by unruly former soldiers.
Allow her young charge entrée to her heart . . . for once done, it will be impossible to maintain proper distance.
Permit her charge's uncle a breathtaking kiss under a star-lit sky . . . henceforth she will most certainly lose composure whenever he is near.
And above all, she should never, ever fall completely, irreversibly in love with her employer . . . for nothing good can possibly come of it.
MY REVIEW
Summary:
Mercy, after her mother dies she knows that she needs to find some work, so she finds a position as a governess with the only staff as retired soldiers….oh boy…Mercy has no idea what she has gotten herself into. Mercy however is charmed by her young charge, a shy and reserved girl who has recently lost both her parents and now lives with a uncle who has barely spoken a word to her. In the beginning when Mercy arrives, there is a spark between herself and Nash her employer, and after they share a sizzling kiss that could curl ones toes, she just knows that she could be in trouble thats for sure….for she knows there can never be a happy ending for her if she falls in love with Nash…
The Hero (Nash Ferris)
Nash Ferris, after losing both his brothers and is now responsible for the Title and must repair his home which is little more than a crumbling pile of stones, and try to find someone to marry with a fortune because if he doesn’t he will be left destitute, and now he is responsible for his niece who acts like a skittish mare around him and he knows the moment her governess shows up that she will be his downfall…
The Heroine (Mercy Franklin)
Mercy grew up in a strict home, as her guardians were the Reverand and his wife when she was abandoned as a baby, and even though she is very innocent she also feels a smoldering fire that starts to burn within her when she comes face to face with Nash and when she feels the touch of his kiss she knows she must be careful not to turn wanton as her guardians warned her not to be claiming that her mother was…however she can’t resist the burning desire that courses through her veins when she is in close proximity to Nash.
My Thoughts
There are some books I enjoy from this author and others I don’t like very much and I have to say that this is one of her books I liked the least. I felt as I was reading it that it felt choppy and not put together and flowed smoothly as I though it could have been. Although I did like the plot and story line well enough, I felt I had to force myself to get through it and I didn’t enjoy reading this book much, and I honestly thought I would really love it. I just have always loved historical romances that deal with governess however I found myself tempted to skim the pages but I wanted to give it a good shot….even though there were small parts I enjoyed it just wasn’t enough to be a average read for me. I am usually not very strict when it comes to books…but when I read a book that I have to force myself to read and it takes me some time that it just isn’t worth reading. Although I would still recommend read this author on occasion since some of her books are quite well written but this one just wasn’t enough for me….
About Margo Maguire
As a nice, sane break from the drama and fast pace of working as a registered nurse in an intensive care unit, Margo Maguire returned to college to study history, and fell in love. Writing about the historical characters she encountered in her classes was a good way to unwind from a crazy day in the unit. She soon started creating her own fictional characters and putting them into historical settings.
Margo is the author of twenty historical romance novels. Her books have been published in numerous languages, and have even come out in Japan as manga—animated books. She is the mother of three grown children and lives with her scientist husband in southern Michigan.
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