Determined to help her oldest sister make ends meet, Louise Potter accepts a governess position in the northern part of England. If this means accompanying an older gentleman on his travels, then she will. There’s only one problem: Louise is about to discover that her travelling companion is not the elderly man she expected, but rather seduction itself. Alistair Langley has no desire to share his carriage with his niece’s newly hired employee. But the matron he expected to find at his door is instead a beautiful young woman, one he knows he can’t travel alone with. After all, he’s going to visit his brother who is pressuring him to marry and produce a Langley heir—or be cut off from inheritance. When he confides in Louise, together they form a plan. But the closer they become, the more temptation beckons. Until finally a choice must be made: Love or money? Or is it possible to have both?
This wasn’t a bad book. It had a pretty standard plot that you find in both historical and contemporary romances. I read it pretty quickly. The characters were well written. I recommend.
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The Governess Who Captured His Heart is a complete romance filled with tenderness, strength, and eventually trust beyond question. It is a quick enjoyable read.

The well-developed characters pull the reader into their world and allows them to picture and almost smell the faraway land where the story unfolds in such a way they may close their eyes and go back in time to this historical era, become part of the characters, and feel the gripping tale unfold.

Excellently written, the plot and characters become a part of the reader’s day. I very highly recommend this book and author to anyone who loves reading historical romance. I anxiously await and mark my calendar for each new release.

All the reader should do is open to page one and become completely engrossed. I highly recommend this book.

Rated 3.5!

Things haven't been easy for Louise and her sisters Josephine and Eve since their parents died. With Josephine working, they are just making ends meet barely. Since they have decided to give Eve a season, Louise has taken a position as a governess to help pay for it. All Louise has to do is travel with a relative of her employer to get there. Easy enough, right?

Alistair Langley does not want to travel with anyone, much less his niece's new servant. He is only going to visit his brother out of duty and requirement. Alistair's brother has long been after him to marry and it seems that time is near. He is expecting to accompany an old crone so imagine his shock when the lady is much closer to his age and beautiful to boot. Alistair is in for a much bumpier ride than he had envisioned.

THE GOVERNESS WHO CAPTURED HIS HEART puts the HONORABLE SCOUNDRELS series off to a great start. Louise is desperate to deny her attraction as is Alistair. Their is a lot of push and pull between these two. The answer to all their problems is right in front of their noses. Waiting for each of them to come to that realization is priceless. A very satisfying read!

This was a good start to the short story series. I was happy they got their happy ending.

Louise Potter was the great-granddaughter of the Earl of Priorsbridge. Her grandfather had been celebrated lawyer. But her father was not so skilled in his legal practice and died a drunk. Now orphaned, Louise and her two sisters needed additional income in order to keep their townhouse.

Accepting a position with Lady Channing, to be governess to her three boys seems to the best solution. The position is on an estate far to the north and would mean a week of travel. Lady Channing has graciously arranged for Louise to travel with her uncle, Lord Alistair. Travelling with him would mean much more comfortable journey and so Louise prepares to leave.

Arriving at the townhouse of Lord Alistair, Louise is shocked to discover the middle-aged man she was expecting is actually young and viral. Lord Alistair in return is shocked to see that the rotund middle-aged woman he had envisioned as the governess was young, beautiful, slim, and with glorious golden curls peeking out from underneath the rim of her bonnet.

A Joy To Read

This novella was a joy to read from start to finish. I have enjoyed how the author developed their relationship during their travels and found the characters very engaging. It is with eager anticipation that I continue on to the next story in “The Honourable Scoundrels” series, The Earl Who Loved Her.

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I loved Louise and Alistair's story. A great Christmas story that you will really enjoy reading and it leaves you wanting to start the next book right away.

The Governess Who Captured His Heart will probably capture a lot of readers’ hearts in this short and sweet historical romance.

The trope is a classic. Two people, trapped together on a long trip with not much to entertain themselves except each other. They have an unexpected opportunity to get to know each other to an amount of depth that would never have occurred outside of this carriage ride, when they are stuck with each other’s company, and no one else’s, for hours at a time. For an entire week.

Louise Potter is on her way to her first posting as a governess. Her new employer offers her the opportunity to ride to the estate in comfort, as her uncle is traveling to visit her at the same time. Louise hears “uncle” and expects someone middle-aged and probably overweight, bald, or both.

Alistair Langley, on the other hand, hears “governess” and expects someone starched from head to toe and equally comfortably middle-aged, possibly with grey hair confined to a severe bun. Certainly someone matronly at the very least.

The only thing that either of them got remotely correct was the bun – if not the color.

Louise Potter is in her mid-20s, just barely considered “on the shelf” by polite society. Which she used to be a part of before her father drank away what was left of the family fortunes and then inconveniently died, leaving Louise and her 2 sisters with no income and a house they can’t afford but desperately want to keep. Her older sister has managed to become an accountant, and now Louise has secured employment as a governess. They hope to put together enough funds to keep the house and give their youngest sister the season they never had.

Alistair Langley is just over 30. His family’s history is just a bit irregular, or at least his parents’ marital escapades were. His “niece” is very nearly his own age. And their family, while definitely of the upper crust, is far from conventional.

Alistair is the heir to a title, and is being pressured to marry and secure the family line. Louise is under pressure of her own, to make a success of this first posting and help her sisters.

But a week of forced intimacy leads both of them, step by reluctant step, to the inescapable conclusion that whatever they thought their futures would be, their best chance of happiness is with each other – even if it’s a chance that neither of them believes they can take.

Escape Rating B+: This one is a great little story. At 87 pages, it is short – a nice little pick-me-up if you want to just get swept away, but don’t have very long to stay swept. And the short length of the story works well in this particular instance. While I would love to know more about both Louise’s circumstances and Alistair’s rather peculiar family, it isn’t strictly necessary to enjoy this story.

I think that has to do with the way this story is laid out. All of the action, and certainly all of the romance, takes place on that trip. Everything is confined into a relatively small space and time. It would have been all too easy to expand things, and most of it would have felt like extra padding. This is just right.

Most of the romance is in the banter and the unresolved sexual tension, which ratchets up deliciously with each conversation. This is a romance where these two people, first surprised by each other, then discomfited by each other, discover that they have much more in common than they or society would expect them to.

They have a likeness of mind (as well as an attraction of the body) and like definitely calls to like.

I also liked that their conversations and internal thoughts felt “real”. They both do want, and they both are responsible people, and those two drives conflict with each other. They are both bound to their duty, and it makes them respect each other – as well as helping the readers to like and respect them.

In this short length, and with this particular circumstance, that this is also a relatively clean romance works well. They might, and particularly in Alistair’s case, they do, have quite salacious thoughts, but they don’t act upon them until after the wedding. If he’d ravished her when he first discovered that he wanted to, this would be a different story, and probably not nearly as good.

The Governess Who Captured His Heart is the first novella in the Honorable Scoundrels trilogy featuring the Potter sisters. I’ll be reading The Earl Who Loved Her next week. I can’t wait to find out how youngest sister Eve meets her match!

Louise Potter, age 24, has just been hired as governess for Lady Channing, Countess Radcliffe’s, 3 children at their country home, Whitehaven.

Louise and her sisters, Josephine and Eve, inherited their townhouse and Josephine has worked hard to pay their bills. Now, Louise wants this job to help her sisters. The problem is she will be living quite a distance away and won’t see her sisters often.

Louise must leave the next day so she will be able to share a carriage with the Countess’s uncle, Lord Alistair Clay Hedgewick, the brother of a Duke and his heir. Louise figures he must be an elderly man to be the lady’s uncle. But when they meet, both are shocked at how young the other is having figured they would both be older. Their shock causes them both to make a derogatory comment about it for which they both later apologize.

As their week-long journey commences, Alistair is soon drawn to Louise’s beauty and she enjoys watching his concentration on his newspaper. Getting to know one another, she learns about Whitehaven and the 3 boys she will be caring for. He also tells her how his brother is pressuring him to wed Lady Gwendolyn, sister-in-law to Lady Channing. Soon, they realize that they are of a differing social status and must put their feelings aside. Is there no hope their love?

I enjoyed this sweet novella from a terrific author. I hope others read it and smile as I did. Well written, Sophie Barnes.

Copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Delicious novella!

Louise Potter and her family have fallen on hard times, forced to accept a position as governess to help their financial situation she accepts the position readily. Her travelling companion the elderly (not) uncle of her employer considering the age of her soon to be charges. She soon discovers that he’s Sin incarnate!
Alistair Langley is summoned by his brother to meet the young woman he has arranged as his bride, he has to escort the new governess as well. Making matters worse is that THE governess is shockingly beautiful!

Travelling to their destination they get to know each other and love blooms, feelings of inadequacy have Louise not admitting to her feelings for Alistair. He feels that he needs to do his duty or be cut from his inheritance. But sometimes a man has got to do what he needs to in the name of LOVE!

This was a great novella that flowed nicely and the characters were well liked although the story was short it was nicely done. The relationship developed nicely and we experienced their feelings along with Louise and Alistair.

I received a complimentary copy from the author through NetGalley for my honest unbiased opinion.

The Governess Who Captured His Heart by Sophie Barnes is the first book in the new series called "The Honorable Scoundrels" This is the story of Louise Potter and Alistair Langley. This is a Novella with almost 90 pages.
Louise is the middle sister with Josephine the oldest and Eve the youngest. Although the sisters are descends of an Earl their father wasn't and he had tried his hand at law. Which after the death of his wife nothing seem to work for him and along with his drinking. After he past the sisters were left with just a townhouse and bills. So Louise thought to take a position as a Governess. Louise would have to travel to the location of the job but was assured that she could take the trip with the older Uncle. But that turned out to be Alistair who was anything but old.
This was a sweet, quick and really enjoyable story! I can't wait for more in this series.
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Louise Potter has many excellent qualities. She is doing everything she can to help her other two sisters. Alistair Langley has been coasting through life. He now has to make a choice about his future. Both find a lot in common as they travel together to Louise's new job as a governess and Alistair's time to find a bride. Of course they find that they prefer each other to any other future and with some help they reach their HEA. This is a nice novella with a well rounded story, two great main characters and some interesting side characters.

I had the great honor of being a beta reader for this series and I thought it just couldn’t get much better! However, Sophie Barnes has proven me wrong. The finished version of this novella is a sweet, delightfully delicious story of a love that grows over the course of a week of travel in a carriage. Those close quarters certainly give our H/h a chance to get to know each other and to fall in love – even though the heroine is convinced that it is a relationship that can never be.

The series features three impoverished, gently-born sisters who live in a London townhouse. The older sister, Josephine is twenty-six, Louise (our heroine in this novella) is twenty-four, and Eve, the youngest is twenty. Their great-grandfather was an earl, but their grandfather was a younger son who went into law. He was very successful and provided a good foundation for his family. His son, however, just didn’t have the talent for it and when his wife passed away, he took to drink and lost case after case. He finally had to quit practicing and continually sold off properties until all that was left upon his death was the small townhouse that wasn’t in the best of neighborhoods. The two older sisters are determined to give the younger one a season in order to see her well settled. Josephine has found work in London and is doing her best to keep them afloat, but they are barely scraping by. In order to help, Louise finds a position as a governess, but it is far from London.

Louise’s new employer offers her the opportunity to travel to their estate with the employer’s uncle since it will be a much more comfortable mode of travel than the mail-coach would be. Just imagine the surprise of both the uncle and Louise when each finds the other to be totally different than they expected. Louise expected a portly, elderly gentleman and Alistair Langley expected a plump, middle-aged spinster. That is definitely NOT what they got.

Once you meet them, you can’t help but like both Alistair and Louise. They are both good, caring people. I hope you’ll read and love this book and this series as much as I have.

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The first novella in her new series “The Honorable Scoundrels Series” is a wonderful read. Sophie is excellent at making a novella read like a full-length Romance Novel. Louise Potter and her two sisters are in financial straits. Their father died and left them with all his debt. Louise must find a position as a Governess so that she can help fund her younger sister’s come out. She has accepted a position and is waiting for the escort of the the uncle of the Lady who has offered her the position. The journey to her new position will take at least 7 days.

Lord Alistair is traveling to his niece’s house in the Country and has been asked to escort the new Governess. He receives the surprise of his life when the Governess appears at his door. She is like no Governess he has ever seen. She is young and beautiful and he cannot imagine spending the next seven days alone in a coach with her. He has to scramble to provide a chaperone for the journey.

Louise is shocked that the Uncle that she will be sharing a coach with is not a middle-aged portly Gentleman, but a young, virile good looking man.

What could happen in the seven days that they are forced into each other’s company? Sophie’s writing is witty, passionate and her characters jump right off the page and into your heart. I really enjoyed this novella and cannot wait for the next one in the series. I highly recommend this title.

Sophie Barnes is a new to me author that I've been keeping an eye on for some time. When this trio of novellas popped up on NetGalley, I quickly jumped at the chance to read them. I received advanced reader copies in exchange for an honest review and, as far as The Governess Who Captured His Heart, I liked it.

Yes, I liked it. I didn't love it. I may or may not read it again. It is a very quick read - easily finished in one night - but it is very well written. BUT, the thing this had going for it is that the hero and heroine do exactly what you hope two intelligent, moral, respectable people of the era would do. The plot is a road trip story where a week spent alone in a carriage creates forced intimacy. But, where this story stands out is in the judgments, reactions, and maturity of Louisa and Alistair.

For example, they bring along a chaperone. They admit to being attracted to each other and openly admit to perusing their physical forms. They talk openly about their thoughts and opinions, particularly their preconceived notions about each other. They recognize the attraction between them and that it may be inappropriate and try to distance themselves from each other. Realizing the feelings are stronger than anticipated, they talk about various possible paths for their futures. They move forward with their family's blessings. AND, this is huge, they WAIT for their wedding night! Shocking. I know.

Plus, with it being a novella, you don't usually feel like you get to really understand the characters and often doubt if their feelings are lust or true love. Because of the nature of their conversations, you know that Louisa and Alistair have a solid foundation and have every likelihood of a happily ever after.

In general, if you want a fast, sweet, emotionally mature read, by all means give this one a go. You won't be disappointed.

This was such a sweet and romantic story, if I could complain about something it's that I'd have loved for it to be a bit longer, to have an epilogue, but other than that I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Despite being short I found this well written and paced, as well as having round characters that will have to face their owns obstacles in hopes of finding a HEA.

Louise Potter has accepted a position as a governess with a family in the North of England. She is sharing the journey with her employer’s uncle, Alistair Langley they are both surprised to find their companion is much younger than expected. The seven day journey throws them together and forces an intimacy that would otherwise never have occurred. An enjoyable story.

Louise Potter is determined to help her sister make ends meet so she takes a job as a governess for Lady Channing in Northern England. Lady Channing arranges for Louise to travel with her uncle who’s visiting for Christmas. What Louise discovers is not an elderly uncle traveling companion, but handsome Alistair Langley who has no desire to share his carriage with his niece’s newly hired employee. Alistair’s brother has been pressuring him to marry and produce an heir or be cut off from his inheritance. Alistair & Louise are immediately attracted to each other, they have a week to travel and become better acquainted and each other’s confidants. This is an enchanting story and I can’t wait for the next novella. This is my honest opinions after I voluntarily read a copy of this book that was provided to me with no requirements for a review.

After the death of their parents, the Potter sisters got by as best as they could, selling their home to take up cheaper lodgings and looking for work...not the done thing.
Josephine found work as an accountant and Louise just got hires as a governess. Her employer believing her to be middle aged arranged for her young uncle to escort Louise. Louise believed him to be elderly so again didn't see a problem...until she called on him to start their journey and they both learned they were close in age.
Bringing a maid was the hasty solution...too bad she fell ill the first night.
They pushed on and tried very hard to just be amiable traveling companions. She was committed to her position and he was ordered by his father to marry the lady chosen for him, much to his dismay.
Fortune eventually smiles on the pair for a HEA..but not too quickly.
I requested and received this short sweet historical from NetGalley.

This is the first of 3 novellas about 3 sisters. Louise has taken a position as a governess and is to travel with her new employers uncle to their estate. Assuming he is an older gentleman she agrees, and he is expecting a boring, middle aged woman who knits. They were both surprised.
Louise and Alister's love story was a fun read. I laughed as I watched them fall in love. I highly recommend this book. I am anxious to read the next two sisters stories.

4.5 stars
Determined to help her oldest sister make ends meet, Louise Potter accepts a governess position in Whitehaven in northern England. Her new employer Lady Channing has arranged for Louise to travel with her uncle as he’s visiting for Christmas. There’s only one problem: Louise is about to discover that her travelling companion is not the elderly man she expected.
Alistair Langley has no desire to share his carriage with his niece’s newly hired employee. But the matron he expected to find at his door is instead a beautiful young woman, one he knows he can’t travel alone with. After all, he’s going to visit his brother who is pressuring him to marry and produce a Langley heir or be cut off from inheritance. A housemaid accompanies them but then she’s taken ill.
A lovely novella, Alistair & Louise are immediately attracted to each other & this attraction grows by leaps & bounds but they also like each other. Whilst travelling for over a week they get to know each other & become each other’s confidant. They are both delightful & likeable. This is the first in a trilogy of novellas about the Potter sisters & I can’t wait to read the other two