![]() ![]() That’s the situation Alex finds herself in. At least, I know I can! Sometimes, even though we know it’s absurd, we find ourselves plotting out a whole life with someone solely on the basis of a first date or even a chance encounter. What led you to write a heroine who is basically resisting the fact that she’s in a romance novel?Īs Jane Austen wrote in Pride and Prejudice, “A lady’s imagination is very rapid it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.” I suspect a lot of women can relate to that quote. Something I really appreciated about Alex is that she wants to be sensible and no-nonsense all the time, but she also has a corner of her brain that is dead set on a sparkly, fairy-tale love story. We talked to Dare about writing a governess romance in the midst of the #MeToo movement, the joys of Twitter and the real-life inspiration for her latest lovable heroine. Of course, he soon finds her equally irresistible. Into this dysfunctional almost-family walks Alexandra Mountbatten, an aspiring astronomer who accepts the position of governess-and nurses a nearly uncontrollable crush on Chase. ![]() The funeral is for Millicent, his other ward Daisy’s beloved doll, who is frequently dead or dying. Readers are introduced to dashing ne’er-do-well Chase Reynaud as he is woken up by Rosamund, one of his two newly acquired wards, for a funeral that he has to officiate. ![]() ![]() It’s clear from the first chapter of The Governess Game that author Tessa Dare’s irreverent sense of humor is in rare form. ![]()
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