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  • By: Laura Lee Guhrke
  • Narrator: Justine Eyre
  • Category: Fiction, General, Romance
  • Length: 9 hours 40 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: January 29, 2019
  • Language: English
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Governess Gone Rogue Audiobook Summary

Dear Lady Truelove . . .

My twin brother and I need a new mother, though Papa insists he’ll never marry again. Must be nice, brainy, and fond of cats . . .

Lady Truelove may be London’s most famous advice columnist, but James St. Clair, the Earl of Kenyon, knows his wild young sons need a tutor, not a new mother. They need a man tough enough to make his hellions tow the line, and James is determined to find one.

Miss Amanda Leighton, former schoolteacher and governess, knows she has all the qualifications to be a tutor. And while female tutors are unheard of, Amanda isn’t about to lose the chance at her dream job because of pesky details like that. If Lord Kenyon insists on hiring a man, then she has only one option . . .

Jamie isn’t sure what to make of his new employee, until he realizes the shocking truth–beneath the ill-fitting suits, his boys’ tutor is a woman. An unconventional, outspoken, thoroughly intriguing woman. Despite Amanda’s deception, he can’t dismiss her when his boys are learning so much. Yet Jamie, too, is learning surprising lessons–about desire, seduction, and passionate second chances . . .

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Governess Gone Rogue Audiobook Narrator

Justine Eyre is the narrator of Governess Gone Rogue audiobook that was written by Laura Lee Guhrke

Laura Lee Guhrke spent seven years in advertising, had a successful catering business, and managed a construction company before she decided writing novels was more fun.  A New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Laura has penned over twenty-five historical romances. Her books have received many award nominations, and she is a two-time recipient of romance fiction’s highest honor: the Romance Writers of America RITA Award. She lives in the Northwest with her husband and two diva cats. Laura loves hearing from readers, and you can contact her via her website: www.lauraleeguhrke.com.

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Governess Gone Rogue Full Details

Narrator Justine Eyre
Length 9 hours 40 minutes
Author Laura Lee Guhrke
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date January 29, 2019
ISBN 9780062908834

Subjects

The publisher of the Governess Gone Rogue is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Fiction, General, Romance

Additional info

The publisher of the Governess Gone Rogue is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062908834.

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Goodreads Reviews

Mei

February 19, 2019

It was a sweet story of a man who lost his beloved wife, has been left alone and heartbroken with two twin sons and a woman who lost everything because of a betrayed love.As I said, it was sweet and full of beautiful moments where Amanda teaches the children and suffers their pranks! It was fun to read how the boys act with both Amanda and their father!Amanda first disguises herself as a man and is hired as tutor to James' sons. Obviously she's soon discovered, but it's too late: the boys love her and press the father not to discharge her. So she remains a nanny.She truly loves her job and manages where others have failed to take charge of the unruly boys with clever teaching. But, in the meanwhile James too begins to see her as a remarkable woman and feels attracted to her more and more until they both succumb to that attraction.Obviously her past resurfaces and she has to leave them, but, as this is romance, love wins! The. End. Happy end! :-)It was also somewhat cliché, but all the same very well done!

Desi

March 02, 2019

Charming story. I was looking for a quick foray into reading after a bit of a break and this was just what I was looking for. Slow build, minimal angst, sufficient humour, discernible personalities rather than stock characters, a respectably handled, loving first spouse, cute kids, kind servants, interesting backstory, and a gimmick that was not dragged out too long. Seriously the big reveal was hilarious, the best ever. Followed by a reasonable reaction and resolution to said secret. And thankfully a proper getting to know you period. Story was a bit insular, taking place primarily in one house and the park across the street, but it lent to the intimacy and family feel of the tale. The most unbelievable part of all this was probably the landlady being ok with the lack of respectability of her in male clothing. She should have had a lot more sneaking around to do with this unlikely set up, but these plots require a Shakespearean level of suspension of disbelief in any case, so what's one more dollop of it.I am so glad Guhrke hasn't lost her knack. She handled the tricky boss employee relationship setup dynamic well too. He never gave off creeper or entitlement vibes. I am always wary of the generally watered town 2018-2019 book releases. But this was good.

Rowena

January 10, 2019

This was a fun read that took me no time at all to get read. Oh man, Mr. Seton was the bomb! Haha. I'm not normally a fan of secrets in my stories but Amanda had good reason and Jamie's reaction when he finds out the truth then seeing them fall in love with each other made for a wonderfully romantic story. The boys were great too. Lots of goodness in this one.

PlotTrysts

August 30, 2021

Did we start this book with a little bit of reluctance? We did. Neither of us are fans of the governess romance, and when added to a crossdressing heroine and two mischievous little kids who just want daddy's attention (and to find him a wife/them a new mom), this could've ended up as problematic plus way too treacly sweet. Instead, it is a tightly-structured novel with complex, consistent characters and some smoking hot sex (but not too much). We loved it!26-Word Summaries:Laine: When you overhear an aristocrat saying a woman couldn't teach his sons your ONLY option is to crossdress and prove him wrong. His hotness is immaterial. ⁠⁠Meg: University-educated lady masquerades as a man to get a job working for hot MP father. How long will it take him to see through the act?⁠

Amy ~ Love At 1st Read

September 20, 2018

I love anything Laura Lee Guhrke writes but her Dear Lady Truelove series has to be my favorite. And her newest, Governess Gone Rogue, is the most spectacular yet. I fell in love with every single character, except the villain of course, almost immediately. I admired and loved Amanda. She was such a unique character. She had an education to rival any man but her employment was limited due to her gender. Had she been a man, she wouldn’t have lost a job, or been ruined by a love affair, or imposed upon by an employer. No matter how smart or hardworking she was, she was female and considered inferior. But she didn’t let that stop her. She simply abandoned every shred of femininity and became a man in order to secure the position of tutor, a job only open to men. I loved watching her try to acclimate to all the little mannerisms of being a man. I also admired her for holding no punches in telling her employer how he could be a better father. But most of all, I loved seeing her fall in love with said employer and his darling, precocious children. James St. Clair took a tad longer for me to love. I sympathized that he’d lost his wife, but I wanted to shake him for his emotional neglect of his sons. He’d been empty after the death of his wife, immersing himself in his work in the Commons to distract himself from the loneliness he’d felt. He moved ahead for the sake of his children but failed to see how his absence affected them. Until Amanda. His transformation was the greatest by far in the story. Even greater than Amanda transforming into Adam. I grew to love him more and more. Amanda helped him to see what he was missing with his sons. He envied her passion and zest for life and wanted that for himself again. Of course the story got absolutely delicious once Jamie discovered his tutor wasn’t a man. And once he realized that fact, he couldn’t help but notice what a lovely and spirited woman she was. The joy that had vanished from his life slowly returned and with it, desires he’d thought long gone. The entire story would not have been possible though without Colin and Owen, Jamie’s sons. They were such darling little terrors, running off one nanny after another. Never anything too violent but they were quite clever. It was clear their mischief had a deeper cause than lack of distractions. They reminded me of the Banks children in Mary Poppins as they composed their letter to Lady Truelove. I adored every page of this story. The appealing characters, the humor, the family relationships. The romance between Jamie and Amanda evolves slowly but it’s spectacularly steamy. The characters are flawed but they’re strong and are written with depth and realism. And to top it off, there are plenty of scenes to leave readers oohing and aahing, and thanks to Amanda’s two charges, there are loads of laugh out loud moments too. I somehow missed her second book in this series so I’m eager to snag that one. Though #3 in the series, it can be read as a stand- alone. But why would you just read one? Trust me, this is a series you’ll fall in love with and want to read again and again.

Niki (mustreadalltheromance)

September 09, 2022

James St. Clair, Earl Kenyon, is determined to find his sons a tutor since they keep running off every nanny he hires. His friends say what they really need is a mother, but Jamie has no intention of marrying again so a strict tutor capable of whipping his ruffian twin boys into shape for school is what’s needed.Cambridge educated Amanda Leighton has been a governess and a schoolteacher and knows she has all the qualifications necessary for a tutor, save for one. She’s female. It also doesn’t help that she has a scandal attached to her name. But she needs a job, and she knows a perfect opportunity when she sees one so she decides she must disguise herself as a man and interview for the position.Jamie isn’t quite sure what to make of the new tutor, but the boys haven’t yet managed to run him off, so he doesn’t make much of a fuss. That is, until he discovers that the tutor is in fact a lady, one of whom he is entirely and inappropriately aware of. His initial reaction is to dismiss Amanda, but this proves impossible given the vast improvements she’s encouraged in his boys’ behavior. Soon enough, Jamie realizes she’s teaching him quite a lot as well, important lessons he’d forgotten about passion and love and the chance to be happy again without the loneliness that has plagued him.I’m usually not that into stories which feature children as main characters or driving points of the plot, especially when pranks and the like are involved, but I have to say it really did work here. I liked seeing Amanda build a family with the twins and their father where she’d had none and it was also satisfying to see Jamie gradually open up his heart again. The pacing was a bit odd here just because this was a very slow burn with Jamie and Amanda not spending very much on page time together for the first half and most of the scenes featuring Amanda and the boys together as they worked out their dynamic. However, when Jamie and Amanda did come together, things happened quickly as they acted on the attraction that had been simmering between them all along.Jamie was definitely surprised and taken off guard when Amanda finally confessed the whole truth about her past to him, so he did have to have some recovery time before he got it together and made things right with her, but his proposal and assurance of their HEA was pretty adorable. This is usually not the case for me, but I definitely think the twins being such large characters helped the story here as they are essentially what brought Amanda and Jamie together. This was a pretty low steam book and Amanda, and Jamie didn’t have all that much page time together, so I’m surprised myself at how much I enjoyed it and how much the audio narration held my attention. This was a fun way to occupy my mind on the commute to work and I really loved how determined Jamie was to make things right and ensure Amanda felt secure in starting a future with him and his boys, regardless of what society might say. That unconditional acceptance and willingness to forgive is what we all search for, and I never get tired of reading it.Blog link: https://mustreadalltheromance.blogspo...

The Book Junkie Reads . . .

February 20, 2019

Could this one have been any more fun. I laughed a lot and just fell hard and fast for a couple of small people. Amanda and Jamie were each in their own rights appealing and luring to the tale but I think the children made the magic happen. They were the extra sparkle that made it all work. This read went too fast and that was because I found it hard to put it down. I wanted to know what was coming next. Amanda breaking down the barriers to her gender was the highlight even if she had to do it in disguise. Jamie having the tables turned was just never heard of for him. You must pick this one up for a romp in history, a test of gender lines, and the cutest little conspirators ever.Good characters. Good writing. Good story. Good. Good. Good.

herdys

February 08, 2019

Cross dressing tutor? Cute but mischievous boy twins and a starchy hero? It was so good even if it was not as much of a slow burn as the other one.

Tracy

January 29, 2019

3.5 rounded upAmanda Leighton was once a well respected teacher, but when she foolishly followed her heart, she was left shamed, ruined and disgraced. When she learns that widower James St. Clair, Earl of Kenyon is in need of a tutor for his twin sons, she knows she is perfect for the job and will not let something as trivial as not being a man stop her.James knows his sons want a new mother, but his heart died with his beloved wife. He is dead inside and buries his pain in work and furthering his political career in the House of Commons. He loves his boys, but ends up shutting them out as well, until an overstepping tutor calls him to task.When James learns that "Mr. Seton" is actually a woman, his first reaction is to fire her, but when his sons point out that she could be their nanny, he agrees to keep her on. For the first time in years, James feels alive and he knows why - Amanda.When Amanda's past comes calling, she can't let the man (and boys) she has come to love be tainted by her shame. James tries to convince her that it doesn't matter, but in the end concedes he is not sure he is willing to let the boys suffer the scandal that could erupt and lets her go.It seems like all is lost and there will be no HEA, but while Amanda and James might agree that her leaving is for the best, Colin and Owen have other ideas...This was a well written, entertaining story filled with laughter, secrets, second chances and warm love scenes. While I am not personally a fan of the "second love" trope, Ms. Guhrke handles it well and in the end, I did believe that James was in love with Amanda. The book is the third in the Dear Lady Truelove series, but it can easily be read as a stand-alone title.*Reviewed for Buried Under Romance Blog *

Elley

March 19, 2019

I am a total sucker for a story about a woman disguised as a woman. I don't know why I love them, I just do. So when I saw the latest in the Dear Lady Truelove series was a woman disguised as a man/mistaken identities trope, you'd better believe I jumped on it. And I'm so glad I did, because this is my favorite book of the series so far!I really enjoyed Amanda. I love an unconventional woman in historical romances, and she's got that double pronged attack of being both well-educated and a woman who is "fallen" and thus ostracized by society. Which, okay, how totally unfair is that, that she is totally besmirched and the guy involved has no repercussions whatsoever? I also really like her spirit, and that when she overhears two gentlemen discussion that a woman couldn't possibly prepare Jamie's sons for Cambridge she's basically like "Oh yeah? I so could if I was only given half a chance." And so the seeds are sown. I love the dynamic between Jamie and Amanda, both while he thinks she's "Mr. Seton" (or Adam) and then once he finds out she's actually Amanda. Either way, she continually pushes his boundaries and makes him question himself and his relationship with his sons. James St. Clair is a deeply flawed character, but despite his neglect of his sons I found myself liking him very much. He's walled himself off because of his pain and basically decided his life ended when his wife died, and it's sad both for his sake and for the sake of his sons. Also, those boys. As a mother of two young boys (ages 2 and 4) I totally understand the impetus to act out and the idea that bad attention is better than no attention - those poor, sweet, mischievous, evil little boys, haha. Owen and Colin are hands down my favorite part of this entire book, and I love the relationship that develops between them and Amanda probably even more than the romantic storyline. This is the third book in the Dead Lady Truelove series, and can be read as a standalone with no spoilers and really nothing at all to do with the first two books in the series. Rex, one of the leads from the second book, The Trouble With True Love, makes some brief appearances as a side character, and if you really want to know about the history of Lady Truelove than by all means read the first two books in the series (they're pretty great and definitely worth the read!) but you don't NEED TO in order to get the full impact and enjoyment of this book. An ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via Edelweiss+ for review.Like this review? Check out more of my reviews on my blog, Elley the Book Otter

Gaby

February 24, 2019

“We are your champions. Let us fight for you. Let us love you, and protect you, and defend you.”♥😭3.5 casi llegando a las 4 estrellas.La novela es lenta en un principio luego todo empieza a volar. En las últimas páginas los personajes se robaron mi corazón. No hay mucha interacción de coqueteo o física entre los protagonistas por lo que se siente como de un momento están pedidadamente enamorados. Insta love definitivamente. El cover de la novela es muy bonito, me encantó la modelo, con ese cabello negro y corto apegado a la descripción en el libro.

Zubee

February 03, 2019

A sweet story about how an educated h decides to cross dress and apply for a job as tutor to H's very, very naughty twin boys who made absolutely adorable plot moppets ...H was a serious man who had had a wild youth and was reformed by his first wife's loveh was an educated but repressed woman who was seduced and dumped by a man and created a huge scandalThe deception doesn't last long but H and h become friends ..OM villain gets a good comeuppance and the ending was rather sweet ...All in all, a good book though somewhat slow at times ...

Brandy

July 17, 2019

I just finished this at my desk and I am crying and I have a meeting in 20 minutes!! This was wonderful, I loved Amanda, she was brilliant and funny and kind and I totally admire her. Jamie was fabulous, though he needed a bit of help. Thank goodness Amanda came along! I also thought the twins were so sweet....and mischievous and a bit lonely, but excellent characters. I loved this book!!

Amanda

February 03, 2019

This was a fun read! I thoroughly enjoyed Amanda and her fight to survive after such a scandal. I stayed up super late just to finish this book!

Loucy

June 29, 2020

L'histoire est sympathique et j'ai aimé les personnages. Avec une mention spéciale pour les jumeaux, même s'ils parlent un peu trop comme des adultes...

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