A Governess for the Grieving Duke

Once the daughter of a respectable household, Charlotte Westbrook loses her parents in a tragic carriage accident, and with them, the illusion of security she once took for granted. When she steps into Ashford Manor as governess, she faces a grieving child and his father, the brooding Duke, whose dark gaze and quiet intensity unsettle her. Can her courage and warmth bring light back into a broken home?

Widowed by illness and hardened by war, Edward Thornton, Duke of Averleigh, rules his household with rigid discipline and emotional distance. His unruly son has driven away every governess until Charlotte arrives, but her unconventional ways soon begin to heal what sorrow has broken. When Charlotte’s spirit awakens feelings Edward believed long dead, he must choose if he dares risk his guarded heart for love again…

As Ashford Manor stirs back to life, Charlotte and the Duke find themselves drawn together despite rank, scandal, and shadowed pasts. When a man from Charlotte’s past reappears, and secrets surrounding her parents’ deaths rise to the surface, they must decide whether love can be worth the risk of everything they have left.

Tropes: Governess, Widowed Duke, Brooding Hero/Caretaker Heroine, Unconventional Heroinet

“A Governess for the Grieving Duke” is a historical romance novel of approximately 60,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.