The cast of characters have the enchanting quirks that I've grown to depend on in a Tessa Dare novel. He is also the reluctant guardian of a couple of little girls who would have been comfortable in the Addams Family. Chase is her mysterious Book Store Rake and a potential client for her time-keeping business. She sets the time on the clocks of the wealthy, and stargazes in her spare time, hoping to find a new comet. The Governess Game is the second book in the Girl Meets Duke series, and we see quite a bit of the original cast from Book 1.

Until next time, friends.Excellent narration enhances wonderful story. Have you read this book? What did you think? With The Governess Game, Tessa Dare has become a go-to author for me, and I plan to check out the rest of her backlist ASAP. It was exactly what I needed to read earlier this week, considering all of the upsetting headlines coming out daily. I listened to most of the audiobook–narrated by the fantastic voice actor Mary Jane Wells–in one night and then stayed up late the next night to finish it. (Thankfully, he eventually pulls his head out of his own rear end.) Part of it was Chase’s sometimes immature and self-sabotaging behavior. The only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars is because the pacing felt a little off to me, particularly in the latter half of the novel. And, without Rosamund and Daisy, the book’s overarching theme of found family wouldn’t resonate as well as it does. Their scenes with Chase and Alex are the ones that made me laugh aloud. They are precocious, but in a believable way, due to what they went through prior to landing with Chase. I also enjoyed how much Chase’s two wards Rosamund and Daisy brought to the story. The tension between them is fire, and the sexy scenes are steamy and so well rendered. The two of them make for a very ahem interesting dynamic on page.

The witty banter between Alex and Chase is always on point. Her goal is to turn her love of astronomy into her profession, and she shows herself to possess savvy in how to go about it. She’s intelligent, independent, ambitious, determined, and refuses to put up with disrespect from Chase. One or two scenes made me laugh aloud–a rare occurrence when I’m reading.Īlex is one of my favorite heroines that I’ve read so far this year. The Governess Game is delightful and funny, with a touch of angst and a cast of wonderfully drawn and wonderfully endearing characters. Their guardian is Chase Reynaud, the heir to a dukedom and the man Alex refers to as the “Bookshop Rake,” after they literally run into each other at a book shop called Hatchard’s. The Governess Game (Girl Meets Duke #2) by Tessa DareĪlexandra Mountbatten makes her living setting clocks when she finds herself having to accept a post as governess to two unruly orphans.

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