ARegency-eraromanticcomedywithadeliciouslyfeministandqueertwist,fromtheNewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorofGwen&ArtAreNotinLove.There’sanewgovernessatFairmontHouse,andshe’sgoingtobenothingbuttrouble.EmilyLaurenceisaliar.Sheisnotpolite,she’snotpolished,andshehasnevertaughtachildinherlife.Thispositionwasmeanttobehersister’s--brilliant,kindAmy,whoisn’tperpetuallyangry,dangerouslyreckless,andwhodoes(inexplicably)likechildren.ButAmyisunwellandneedsadoctor,andtheirfatherisgoneandtheirmotherisuseless,sohereEmilyis,pretendingtobesomethingshe’snot.Ifshecangetawaywithherdeceptionforlongenoughtoearnafewmonth’swagesandslipsomeexpensivetrinketsintoherpocketsalongtheway,perhapsthey’llbeallright.Thatis,aslongasshedoesn’tgetinvolvedwiththeEdwardsfamily’sdramas.Emilyrefusestocareabouthercharges-Grace,whotalkstoomuchandlovestoohard,andAster,whoisfranklyterrifyingbutmightjustbethewittiestsixteen-year-oldEmilyhasevermet-ortheservants,whoinsistonactingasifthey’reeachother’sfamily.Andshecertainlyhasn’tnoticedheremployer,thebrooding,taciturnCaptainEdwards,nomatterhowgoodhemightlookwithoutashirton...AsFairmontHousedrawsherin,Emily’sliesstarttocomeundone.Canshefixhermistakesbeforeit’stoolate?
