The Governess Affair (Brothers Sinister #0.5)
Courtney Milan
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Open door [?]
· 125 ratings · 96 pages · Published: 10 Sep 2013
Three months ago, governess Serena Barton was let go from her position. Unable to find new work, she’s demanding compensation from the man who got her sacked: a petty, selfish, swinish duke. But it’s not the duke she fears. It’s his merciless man of business—the man known as the Wolf of Clermont. The formidable former pugilist has a black reputation for handling all the duke’s dirty business, and when the duke turns her case over to him, she doesn’t stand a chance. But she can’t stop trying—not with her entire future at stake.
He cannot give in…
Hugo Marshall is a man of ruthless ambition—a characteristic that has served him well, elevating the coal miner’s son to the right hand man of a duke. When his employer orders him to get rid of the pestering governess by fair means or foul, it’s just another day at the office. Unfortunately, fair means don’t work on Serena, and as he comes to know her, he discovers that he can’t bear to use foul ones. But everything he has worked for depends upon seeing her gone. He’ll have to choose between the life that he needs, and the woman he is coming to love…
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- pregnancy 22
- historical 20
- enemies to lovers 19
- victorian 14
- marriage of convenience 13
- regency 11
- working class hero 11
- poor heroine 10
- sassy heroine 8
- take-charge heroine 8
- dual pov 7
- third person pov 7
- competent heroine 6
- working class heroine 6
- class difference 6
- m-f romance 6
- tortured heroine 5
- fighter hero 5
- height difference 4
- single mother 4
- sweet/gentle hero 3
- tortured hero 3
- grumpy/cold hero 1
- angst 1
- caretaking 1
- forbidden love 1
- hurt/comfort 1
- insta-love 1
- other man/woman 1
- cheating 1
- secret child 1
- role switching 1
- vengeance 1
- workplace/office 1
- independent heroine 1
- cruel hero/bully 1
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- past sexual abuse 8
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- third party sexual assault 6
- abuse 3
- misogyny 2
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- victim blaming 2
- past child abuse 2
- dubious consent 1
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The 'Brothers Sinister' series
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