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A Waltz with the Outspoken Governess: An Award Winning Author (Harlequin Historical) Kindle Edition

by Catherine Tinley (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 79 ratings
A quiet governess…

An unruly heart

Sir Nicholas Denny is desperate to find a governess to care for his boisterous nieces and nephews. Demure vicar’s daughter Mary Smith seems ideal—at first. All too soon Nicholas discovers a different side…a beautiful, vivacious woman, even if she infuriates him with her strong opinions! When he waltzes with Mary at a party, he knows he’s in trouble—the spark between them is so tempting, but she challenges everything he thought he wanted in a wife!

From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.
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    288 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Harlequin Historical
  4. Publication date
    1 Jan. 2021
  5. File size
    2.0 MB
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About the Author

Catherine Tinley is a multi award-winning writer of witty, heartwarming Regency Romance. Her first novel, Waltzing with the Earl, won the Rita(R) Award for Best Historical Romance 2018, and she has since won the 2021 RoNA award, the 2021 HOLT medallion, and the 2022 RoNA award for Best Historical Romance. She lives in Ireland with her family and can be reached at www.CatherineTinley.com and on social media at https://linktr.ee/CTinley

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B089YW2HN6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harlequin Historical (1 Jan. 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.0 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • Customer reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars 79 ratings

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Catherine Tinley

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Catherine Tinley is a multi award-winning author who writes witty, heart warming Regency Romance for Harlequin Mills & Boon. She has loved reading and writing since childhood, and has a particular fondness for love, romance, and happy endings.

She also writes Irish saga romances as Seána Tinley.

After a career encompassing speech & language therapy, Sure Start, being President of a charity, and managing a maternity hospital, she now works as NI Country Director for a leading UK charity.

Catherine was appointed as chair of the Romantic Novelists' Association in August 2024.

She lives in Ireland with her husband, children, and dog.

Awards:

Waltzing with the Earl - Rita award, Best Historical Romance 2018

Rags-to-Riches Wife - RoNA Award, Best Historical Romance 2021, HOLT Medallion Winner, Best Historical Romance 2021

A Waltz with the Outspoken Governess - RoNA winner 2022, Best Historical Romance

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Customers enjoy the book's suspense, drama, and simmering passions. They find the synopsis and preview interesting. The relatable characters have witty dialogue and excellent vocabulary. The story holds their interest with its drama, intrigue, and simmering passion.

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6 customers mention ‘Suspense’6 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the book's suspense and drama. They find the synopsis interesting, with a feisty young lady with outspoken views. The vocabulary is excellent, and the research on the times it's set in is good. There's both mystery and romance in the story with relatable characters.

"...Appearances can be deceiving, as our Miss Smith can attest. There is drama, intrigue, suspense and simmering passions aplenty in a tale that had me..." Read more

"...There’s both mystery and romance in this story with relatable characters, witty dialogue and a happy ending." Read more

"Excellent vocabulary and really good research on the times it was set in" Read more

"The synopsis and preview I read seemed interesting, a feisty young lady with outspoken views on things that young ladies weren’t usually allowed to..." Read more

3 customers mention ‘Vocabulary’3 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the book's vocabulary and dialogue. They find the characters relatable and intelligent, with witty and engaging dialogue that makes them smile, laugh, and growl.

"...and simmering passions aplenty in a tale that had me smiling, laughing, growling (no joke – my grr is strong!) and swooning...." Read more

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  • LJ Nelson
    5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars – Schooled in matters of the heart!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 January 2021
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    My first full length Catherine Tinley and I loved it.

    Mary and Nicholas had me obsessed! A blinkered Baronet and a gusty Governess (guess who’s been hitting up the thesaurus, lol!) get schooled in matters of the heart.

    Appearances can be deceiving, as our Miss Smith can attest. There is drama, intrigue, suspense and simmering passions aplenty in a tale that had me smiling, laughing, growling (no joke – my grr is strong!) and swooning.

    Yup, *nods* I went there. I mentioned The Swoon. At this point I’d like to say I apologise but I’d be fibbing because I give to you two words – palm kisses. Who knew? *shrugs* Hence, the very justified swoonage (is that a word?).

    I’m going to tread carefully for fear of giving anything away, but needless to say Mary’s arrival at Stiffkey Hall breathes some much-needed life back into the staid household and its master despite his initial reservations. A master who needs to be challenged on every level *coughs*.

    I’m fascinated with the Regency era and the author’s writing captured the period perfectly for me. Including, encapsulating the conventions of the time and how hard it was for women to be seen as more than their expected roles.

    Let’s hear it for headstrong women!

    *sighs*

    It’s hard to say goodbye to some characters, isn’t it?

    I look forward to my next CT read.
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  • Jane Hunt
    4.0 out of 5 stars Mystery, romance, relatable characters and witty dialogue.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 January 2021
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    This book gives a different view of early nineteenth-century society which explores the divide between the rich and their servants. Mary is an independent young woman, unfashionably educated, intelligent and outspoken. Receiving some disturbing news of her father, a Norfolk vicar she ingeniously finds a way to be close to him to help. Sir Nicholas Kenney is dreading the annual visit from his sister, and family hiring additional staff essential, especially a governess.

    Mary and Nicholas’ romance is gentle with the attraction building insidiously. Mary’s outspoken intelligent nature appeals to Nicholas despite the forbidden nature of their circumstances. This story explores the vulnerability of servants to those who pay their wages.

    There’s both mystery and romance in this story with relatable characters, witty dialogue and a happy ending.
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  • avid reader
    5.0 out of 5 stars Easy reading
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 February 2021
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    Excellent vocabulary and really good research on the times it was set in
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  • Frances
    3.0 out of 5 stars Average
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 January 2021
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    The synopsis and preview I read seemed interesting, a feisty young lady with outspoken views on things that young ladies weren’t usually allowed to talk about in polite society. I was looking forward to a lively story but it was a bit of a damp squib.
    When Mary Smith was told that her Father had been arrested for treason, she did not believe that he had committed a crime and she was determined to go to the Norfolk prison where he was awaiting trial. She found a post as a governess in the country house of Sir Nicholas Denny, whose home was a few miles from the jail where her Father was held. She was principally there to help to keep Sir Nicholas’ nephews and nieces entertained and out of his way while they visited him.
    I expected a fast paced story with lots of interaction and although there was some, it was a bit dull. It felt like the story flowed for a while and then stalled as new plot device was introduced. I also found Mary’s internal monologues about Sir Nicholas and his appearance, beauty etc.a bit tiresome, from feisty to infatuated in no time.
    I did finish the book but it required a bit of effort
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  • Liz Bailey
    4.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable romance
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 May 2021
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    I did enjoy this one. I liked the heroine's independent spirit and the hero's gradual recognition of her good qualities was believable. I know that the concentration with Mills & Boon romances must be on the hero and heroine's developing relationship, but I would have liked in this instance to have more of the intriguing situation with the father which was not engaged with very much until nearing the end of the book.
    That aside, I though it was a great story with well fleshed out characters and a lots of interesting portraits of lesser characters that kept the pages alive for me.
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  • Michael Williams
    5.0 out of 5 stars Regency romance
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 March 2021
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    A good tale which held interest
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  • Lenna J Whyte
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
    Reviewed in Canada on 5 October 2021
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    it was an easy read book
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  • Élodie Nicoli
    5.0 out of 5 stars An eyes opener romance
    Reviewed in the United States on 11 January 2021
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    Will her change of life offer a much happier outcome than she expected...

    This story appears as divided in two parts, first the putting in place of all the protagonists then the resolution of the background plot.
    Mary in the first place should never have found herself housed in this finishing school when she is too old and opinionated, so entitled to stir others ire. Which she does in earnest. And now she is homeless, far away from her father’s protection, lost in the world, in need of a position. Luckily for her, she seems to be in the good books of fate.
    And while she must temper her inclination to argue and debate, she digs her way in her temporary household. Slowly intriguing her employer and raising others’ eyebrows.
    Sir Denny is quite a determined and forceful fellow, which he expresses quite loudly. So much, he scares his nieces and nephews.
    He is not bad and has known nothing else. It is his way in life, with near to no friend as he considers himself too superior to other people. He does not question what other persons might think or feel.
    Yet fascinated by Mary, he will find himself at the received hand of her own temper. And he does not answer well to be criticized.
    Both can be quite judgmental and this flaw gives them means to hurt one another, and while it is not their wish, their pride might cost them more they expected if they do not seek an alternative.

    The plot takes a different turn when Mary after some procrastinations try to find a way out for her father. This is the part I liked most. As it shows how far they have come since they meet.
    4.5 stars

    𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 some mild to hot kisses
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  • Poetess
    4.0 out of 5 stars Mary and Nicholas
    Reviewed in the United States on 19 May 2021
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    Not necessarily a slow-burn romance but it seemed to take time for Mary and Nicholas to realize their feelings. I felt for Mary, so many things were against her. She needed a strong personality to not emotionally collapse beneath them. Nicholas has so many changes to make and Mary was a good influence on him, even though he fought against that change. His sister, Mrs. Fenhurst, needs to just return home. The children improved with Mary's attention, and there is a HEA for Miss Cushing. Actually there are other HEAs as well.

    Ms Tinley's storytelling is consistent and seamless. Now for Lady Cecily. Recommended.
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  • Julie's Bookshelf
    5.0 out of 5 stars A governess story with several twists
    Reviewed in the United States on 1 February 2022
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    I'm rather tired of the typical governess nabs duke/earl/whatever story. This one has many interesting angles. The H hires the governess for his sister's five children, who will be making an extended visit with only an elderly governess and a nursemaid to handle three rambunctious boys and two girls near-ready for come-outs. Instead of being grateful to her brother for the extra help (which she doesn't have to pay for), the sister resents and is suspicious of the young governess. Wait, there is more. The h has taken this particular job because her father, a scholarly vicar, who lives in the area, has been incarcerated for treason. She is determined to prove him innocent, but is afraid to ask anyone for help because she doesn't know whom to trust. The bishop is no help, but agrees to keep the matter secret. A chance meeting with the local magistrate shows him to believe all who come before his court are automatically guilty. There is much sub-plotting, with the elderly governess' insecurity, the sister's suspicions, and the growing attraction between the H and h. Won't spoil the denouement. Ms. Tinley is becoming an excellent writer, with inventive plots, good dialogue and interesting characters.
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