A review by bookedinthemitten
The Governess Game by Tessa Dare

4.5

I’ve only read two other Tessa Dare books and there is no other way to describe them other than utterly delightful. The Governess Game brings timekeeper Alexandra Mountbatten to the doorstep of Chase Reynaud, heir to a dukedom nearly a year after first meeting him at a bookshop(!). When Chase mistakes Alex for a prospective governess, he immediately offers her the job of teaching his two wards. I normally despise the employer/employee plot but Dare brings so much warmth and lightheartedness to their dynamic that it’s hard not to love them (this is also a benefit of the setting- I tend to be much more forgiving when reading HRs). His wards, Rosamund and Daisy, are sweet and funny and their growing relationship with Chase and Alex is also fun to read.