The Governess Gambit

She came for the truth. She stayed for a man she could never have.

Governess Honoria Pemberton arrives at Weatherby Hall with three coins in her glove and a secret sewn into her stays. The last governess drowned beneath the ice. Everyone calls it an accident. Honoria knows better — because the dead woman was her own cousin, and the proof that could ruin a powerful family lies hidden somewhere in this cold, grieving house.

Adrian Vane, the widowed Earl of Weatherby, has ruled his estate the way he plays chess: carefully, coldly, giving up nothing he might keep. But his new governess plays a sharper game than any woman of her station should — and across a hundred midnight boards, the space between an earl and a servant begins to close into something neither of them can afford.

Then Honoria discovers who really killed her cousin. And she realizes the murderer is still inside the house, watching, patient, and drawing ever nearer to the two little girls she has come to love.

To save them, she must lay down everything — her secret, her safety, and the one man who has finally seen her for who she truly is.

Perfect for readers who devoured Bridgerton, Kate Morton, and the sweeping estates of a Kristin Hannah novel, THE GOVERNESS GAMBIT is a richly atmospheric Regency romance threaded with murder, buried inheritance, and a forbidden love worth dying for.

One-click now and step into a house where every secret has a price — and every move could be your last.