Julie Klassen
2009
Back of Book: Olivia Keene is fleeing her own secret. She never intended to overhear his. But now that she has, what is Lord Bradley to do with her? He cannot let her go, for were the truth to get out, he would lose everything – his reputation, his inheritance, his very home.
He gives Miss Keene little choice but to accept a post at Brightwell Court, where he can make certain she does not spread what she heard. Keeping an eye on the young woman as she cares for the children, he finds himself drawn to her, even as he struggles against the growing attraction. The clever Miss Keene is definitely hiding something.
Moving, mysterious, and romantic, The Silent Governess takes readers inside the intriguing life of a nineteenth-century governess in an English manor house where all is not as it appears.
Thoughts: Wow. Klassen really does her research. She gets everything about the period correct and doesn’t throw in modern stuff just to make it interesting. It makes the books all the more fun to read because you know this really could have happened. The story was fun. You would think it was getting predictable, and then it would take a twist you never saw coming. Even right up to the end when I usually have figured things out there were more twists.
Ending: I didn’t like the Epilogue because it was too condensed. But I guess it would have taken ten more chapters to fit in all the stuff that needed to be said. Really, that is my only complaint.