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by Courtney Milan
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Ani's Book Abyss
Ani's Book Abyss rated it 7 years ago
The Governess Affair by Courtney Milan Brothers Sinister #0.5 (prequel novella) She will not give up… 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. ...
Saturdays in Books
Saturdays in Books rated it 7 years ago
Same great prose, characters, and sex as the novel length Brothers Sinister works, but a bit short on plot for my tastes. This story takes place decades before the first novel, but is really best read after the second novel.
The Book Gourmet
The Book Gourmet rated it 8 years ago
***eBook available for free on Amazon*** The Duke of Clermont sics his man of business on a governess to whom he apparently promised employ and is now sitting (every day, all day) on the park bench on front of the Duke's London home, demanding compensation for "breach of contract". But not all is a...
TeaStitchRead
TeaStitchRead rated it 8 years ago
This was an enjoyable read about the working class Hugo Marshall and Serena Barton. Since it was a novella, the courtship was short (about a week between meeting and marrying), and at times I didn't buy into the love aspect so much as that I thought if was more lust and friendship. However, there wa...
Sarah's Library
Sarah's Library rated it 8 years ago
31/1 - Half my GR friends gave this two stars, the other half gave it four and I'm with them. I understood (but didn't enjoy, just to make it clear) the way Serena's rape was handled. It seemed pretty realistic to what would have actually happened, except it was happening to an out of the ordinary w...
Abandoned by Booklikes
Abandoned by Booklikes rated it 8 years ago
If you read The Duchess War Brothers Sinister #1 readers are already familiar that Robert's, the hero in book #1, father was a loathsome man. We also find out that he raped and then had a child with a woman that became pregnant. That child is his half brother Owen.So I ended up reading this book in ...
Kaethe
Kaethe rated it 9 years ago
This is what I love about Milan's historical work: she's created characters who are subject to the specific mores of their time and place but who rebel. We get to see people fighting the strictures of their lives using the tools of their times. Here, a governess who has been let go without a referen...
ambyr
ambyr rated it 10 years ago
Not remotely my genre, but it was the excellent combination of short, recommended by a trusted friend, and free on Amazon. Also, as it turns out, sort of adorable.
I am Sam Tule
I am Sam Tule rated it 10 years ago
Fun With Books Blog
Fun With Books Blog rated it 10 years ago
REVIEW The Governess Affair Series: The Brothers Sinister #0.5 Author: Courtney Milan Published: April 25, 2012 Genre: Historical/Regency Romance I downloaded this book (prequel novella) free from Amazon after reading a review for The Duchess War on BookLikes – which is Book 1 in the The Brothe...
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