Title: Tempting the
Governess
Genre: Historical Romance
Heat Level (sweet to erotic): Spicy (2 scenes)
Genre: Historical Romance
Heat Level (sweet to erotic): Spicy (2 scenes)
Author:
Vivienne
Westlake
Pages
or Word Count: 34 K words / 111 Pgs.
Publisher: Self Published
Publisher: Self Published
Publish
Date: October
9th, 2014
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Blurb:
Never fall in love with your employer. Any respectable governess knew the cardinal rule. Christine Aubrey prided herself on her devotion to her charges, never suspecting that one day a former pupil would tempt her to break every rule in the book.
Never fall in love with your employer. Any respectable governess knew the cardinal rule. Christine Aubrey prided herself on her devotion to her charges, never suspecting that one day a former pupil would tempt her to break every rule in the book.
Theodore Blake was a “good boy” who grew
up into a responsible man. Shouldering the burden of raising his sister’s children
and managing his older brother’s affairs, Teddy has always done the right
thing. But when his former governess returns to Birchwood, all he can think
about is how good it would be to be bad.
Excerpt :
“Please
Miss Aubrey, may I work on my letters?” Charles looked up at her, his blue eyes
wide.
“You
have not finished your arithmetic lesson. Let us try this again. If I give you
five pounds, how many shillings would you have?”
The
boy bowed his blond head and stared at the paper in front of him. He scribbled
notes with his quill then looked up at her with a frown. “Two hundred.”
“Try
again,” she said, picking up his baby sister, Dulcinea.
As
Charles scribbled on his parchment, she carried the babe over to the window.
Dulcie put her small, chubby hand on the paned glass window and smiled.
Christine glanced down below to see two men out on the expanse of grass,
circling one another, clad in nothing but their breeches.
That
wasn’t…no, was that Teddy? Where on earth were his clothes? What
gentleman went about in such a state? She had taught him to comport himself
with grace and refinement.
Christine
pressed her face to the glass to get a closer look. One of the men was stocky,
with bulging arms and legs and the other man, tall and lean with dark hair,
edged away from him. They danced around one another for a moment when suddenly
the man with the bulky frame aimed a punch at the one who looked like Teddy.
Her
heart dropped within her breast. When Teddy rubbed his cheek and the other man
paused to demonstrate a particular movement, she exhaled. It was merely a
practice match with his trainer.
She
knew that many men favored the sport of Boxing, but she’d never had occasion to
see it in practice.
“Miss
Aubrey!” Charles called. “I have the answer.”
Tearing
her gaze away from the window, Christine turned toward the boy, and bounced the
baby on her arm. Though she wanted to steal another glance at Teddy and his
trainer, she did not want to draw attention to the fact that she was watching
them.
“Tell
me, how many shillings do you have?”
“Seventy!”
Close,
but not quite. “How many shillings are there in a pound?”
Seeing
that Charles’ attention was still on the papers before him, Christine peered
out the window again. Though it was unseemly and most unladylike to stare at
her employer in a state of dishabille, Christine resumed watching the scene
outside the window.
“There
are twenty shillings in a pound.”
“Good. Now, if I gave you twenty shillings—the
equivalent of one pound—every day for five days, how many shillings would that
be?”
Charles
dropped his head into his hands. “More than I can count.”
“Let
us go slower then. How many shillings are there in two pounds?”
“Forty!”
“Very
good.” Heaven help her, it was more than good.
Every
muscle and sinew normally covered by his silk waistcoat, shirt, and jacket was
exposed for her to see. He was a fine Italian sculpture brought to life. While
she remained too far away to get a detailed view, one thing was quite clear to
her mind. Theodore Blake had developed into a man. No longer could she think of
him as the boy she’d raised or even as the employer who paid her salary.
He
was exquisite.
Desire
weakened her knees, made her fingers tremble upon the glass. Stop staring. Christine stepped away
from the window and took a seat beside her pupil. Dulcie gripped the thin
fabric of her fichu as Christine settled the baby into her lap.
Focus on the children. They are
the reason you are here. Letting
herself believe that she was here for any other reason courted disaster.
Excerpt
from Tempting the Governess: Copyright © 2014 by Vivienne Westlake used with
permission of author.
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Author Bio:
Vivienne Westlake has been reading and
writing romance since the age of fifteen. What makes her stories unique is her
love of a sassy heroine who keeps the hero on his toes. Though she has a
fondness for redeemable rakes, Vivienne’s favorite Jane Austen/Regency hero is
Captain Wentworth.
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