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Enjoyable early Victorian romance
Lady Charlotte Dalrumple, Miss Pamela Lockhart, and Miss Hannah Setterington manage the Distinguished Academy of Governesses, as a venture to place governesses, companions, and specialized instructors. The elderly, but desperate Lady Adorna Ruskin turns to the trio for help with her ¿barbaric¿ grandchildren who grew up with Bedouins. Adorna hires Charlotte, who is known throughout the land as the nation¿s leading governess. Adorna wants Charlotte to teach her upstart grandchildren proper English behavior so that they do not embarrass her at a special reception in three months time.
Very early on, Charlotte realizes she will have no problems with ten year old Robbie and eight year old Leila, who she finds delightful, fresh, and intelligent. However, their father Wynter, thought to be dead, is at his mother¿s home causing havoc because he behaves more like his desert companions than his children do. Wynter gets special pleasure teasing the prim and proper Charlotte, but soon finds he is very attracted to her even though his desert father taught him that men are incapable of loving a woman.
RULES OF SURRENDER, the first installment of the Distinguished Academy of Governesses series, is a witty, entertaining early Victorian romance. The story line is fun as the era comes brightly alive through the abundant talent of Christina Dodd. The lead couple is an engaging duo, whose battle between the sexes is rewarding to the reader. The children and their grandmother provide depth that helps explain the period as well as Wynter¿s motivations. If this tale is any indication, the novels starring Misses Pamela Lockhart, and Hannah Setterington will make this trilogy one of the more precious sub-genre collections in several years.
Harriet Klausner
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Anonymous
Posted April 10, 2012
Gee
Sooo incredibly stupid. The man's an ass the woman's a doofus its beyond me what ms dodd was thinking when she wrote this rape fantasy. No more for me thanks.
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Anonymous
Posted January 24, 2006
Historic Romance Lover
I have read most of Christina's books and I find myself falling in love with all her characters. I found all the Rules series fantastic, unwilling to put down. I am waiting for her next book and can't wait to get it...I have waited for too long.
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Anonymous
Posted October 17, 2005
Don't miss it!
I really Loved this book- What a delight!
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Posted June 30, 2003
An Enjoyable Romance
I enjoyed this book. I got into the plot and I liked the characters. This book reminds me of Jane Eyre.
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Posted July 30, 2000
A KEEPER!!!
When I first picked it up I was a little skeptical, but after a chapter I couldn't put it down!
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