The Governess's Secret Baby

The Governess's Secret Baby
Janice Preston

The Beauty who tamed the Beast…New governess Grace Bertram will do anything to get to know her young daughter Clara. Even if it means working for Clara’s guardian, the reclusive and scarred Nathaniel, Marquess of Ravenwell!Nathaniel believes no woman could ever love a monster like him, until Grace seems to look past his scars to the man beneath... But when he discovers Grace is Clara’s mother, Nathaniel questions his place in this torn-apart family. Could there be a Christmas happy-ever-after for this beauty and the beast?The Governess TalesSweeping romances with fairytale endings!

The beauty who tamed the beast...

New governess Grace Bertram will do anything to get to know her young daughter, Clara. Even if it means working for Clara’s guardian, the reclusive and scarred Nathaniel, Marquess of Ravenwell!

Nathaniel believes no woman could ever love a monster like him, until Grace seems to look past his scars to the man beneath... But when he discovers Grace is Clara’s mother, Nathaniel questions his place in this torn-apart family. Could there be a Christmas happy-ever-after for this beauty and the beast?

The Governess Tales

Sweeping romances with fairytale endings!

Meet Joanna Radcliff, Rachel Talbot,

Isabel Morton and Grace Bertram.

These four friends grew up together in Madame Dubois’s school for young ladies, where they indulged in midnight feasts, broke the rules and shared their innermost secrets!

But now they are thrust into the real world, and each must adapt to her new life as a governess.

One will rise, one will travel, one will run and one will find her real home…

And each will meet her soulmate, who’ll give her the happy-ever-after she’s always dreamt of!

Read Joanna’s story in

The Cinderella Governess

Read Rachel’s story in

Governess to the Sheikh

Read Isabel’s story in

The Runaway Governess

And read Grace’s story in

The Governess’s Secret Baby

All available now!

Author Note (#uf5b15403-1535-5ccd-bf52-6d0179233e7b)

The Governess’s Secret Baby is book four in The Governess Tales series, but it is a stand-alone story and can be enjoyed even if you haven’t read the previous three. If you have read the others, however, you will be pleased to know that the epilogue—an absolute joy to write—brings back all three couples from the other linked books to find out what has happened since the end of their stories.

I loved bringing to life the gothic Shiverstone Hall, nestled below Shiver Crag in the Yorkshire Dales, and Nathaniel, its reclusive, scarred and taciturn owner. Only a feisty heroine will do for Nathaniel, and Grace is certainly that: bold, impulsive and determined, but also rootless and plagued with hidden self-doubt.

Enjoy the emotional ups and downs as Grace helps Nathaniel find the courage to embrace life again, and Nathaniel proves to Grace that she is capable of being loved.

The Governess’s Secret Baby

Janice Preston

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

JANICE PRESTON grew up in Wembley, North London, with a love of reading, writing stories and animals. In the past she has worked as a farmer, a police call-handler and a university administrator. She now lives in the West Midlands with her husband and two cats and has a part-time job with a weight management counsellor (vainly trying to control her own weight despite her love of chocolate!).

Books by Janice Preston

Mills & Boon Historical Romance

The Governess Tales

The Governess’s Secret Baby

Men About Town

Return of Scandal’s Son

Saved by Scandal’s Heir

Linked by Character

to Men About Town duet

Mary and the Marquis

From Wallflower to Countess

Visit the Author Profile page at millsandboon.co.uk (http://millsandboon.co.uk).

To my fellow authors

Georgie Lee, Laura Martin and Liz Tyner:

it’s been a pleasure collaborating with you, ladies, and I hope I’ve done justice to your characters in the epilogue.

Contents

Cover (#uc0051181-4486-565b-9af1-044dec02e984)

Back Cover Text (#udd536fe7-7a78-53f2-a98e-6408c4437d0c)

Introduction (#u4f24ae0d-eb28-5d49-b178-9b8cc50a25e6)

Author Note (#u44ef3223-3be7-5949-98ed-3575d898b55a)