![]() ![]() As a bonus her protagonists are beautifully self-aware, which is just down right refreshing. The best books I read feature the most well drawn characters and Milan crafts three dimensional characters who exist in a world you are easily able to understand over and over again in her oeuvre. ![]() It’s not an uncommon historical romance set up, but what makes this one stand out in my memory over the years is the depth to which the characters are developed. Hugo Marshall, to see that she is on her way so that the Duke can win back his bride, her fortune, and Mr. She decides to take her revenge by quietly sitting in front of his residence until her demands are met… the problem being that it falls to the Duke’s man of business, one Mr. In this crisp hundred-page novella we get the story of Serena Barton, the titular governess who finds herself put out from her job after a run-in with the Duke of Clermont. Neither of those things happen in The Governess Affair. I struggle often with reading novellas or short stories – too often for my liking the story feels like it ends before the narrative should, or worse, is left thin. ![]() ![]() As for others, this lovely little novella is good for a general introduction to romance and romance novellas specifically. The Governess Affair was my on ramp into the writing of Courtney Milan (and her near perfect Brothers Sinister series) and it’s been a love affair for the past six years. For my Bingo Gateway Square, I decided on a personal Gateway and one that I would recommend to others. ![]()
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