![]() ![]() ![]() It’s an engaging piece of light-hearted froth featuring a rakish yet endearing hero, an unlikely governess and two precocious little girls who have been left to the hero’s guardianship after the death of their parents. The Governess Game (book two in the Girl Meets Duke series) runs true to form as described above. Anyone who knows me or reads my reviews regularly will know that I generally prefer historicals with a strong sense of period in which the characters operate (mostly) within the constraints of the time in which the novels are set but I recognise that there are readers and listeners for whom that isn’t important and who just want to enjoy an engaging, well-written story. What you won’t get is a great deal of originality when it comes to the plot, or historical accuracy when it comes to the situations or dialogue there’s no real sense of being in the early nineteenth century other than, as happens here, a few references to people who lived at the time (in this case, a group of female astronomers and mathematicians – brava!). ![]() Something mostly frothy and fluffy (with maybe just a little bit of darkness), plenty of humour and flirty banter, and well-written naughtiness. If you’re a fan of historical romances, then you’ll know pretty much what you’re going to get from a novel by Tessa Dare. ![]()
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