A Governess for the Grieving Duke

A Historical Regency Romance Novel

By: Meghan Sloan

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Once the daughter of a respectable household, Charlotte Westbrook loses her parents in a tragic carriage accident, and with them, the illusion of security she once took for granted. When she steps into Ashford Manor as governess, she faces a grieving child and his father, the brooding Duke, whose dark gaze and quiet intensity unsettle her. Can her courage and warmth bring light back into a broken home?

Widowed by illness and hardened by war, Edward Thornton, Duke of Averleigh, rules his household with rigid discipline and emotional distance. His unruly son has driven away every governess until Charlotte arrives, but her unconventional ways soon begin to heal what sorrow has broken. When Charlotte’s spirit awakens feelings Edward believed long dead, he must choose if he dares risk his guarded heart for love again…

As Ashford Manor stirs back to life, Charlotte and the Duke find themselves drawn together despite rank, scandal, and shadowed pasts. When a man from Charlotte’s past reappears, and secrets surrounding her parents’ deaths rise to the surface, they must decide whether love can be worth the risk of everything they have left.

Tropes: Governess, Widowed Duke, Brooding Hero/Caretaker Heroine, Unconventional Heroinet

"A Governess for the Grieving Duke" is a historical romance novel of approximately 60,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.

Definitely AI Written along with AI Reading.

I know it's up front that this is an AI read story, but this audiobook is definitely AI written. I was wondering when I saw how many books were out under this "author's" name, but the few I've listed to so far have been good. This one definitely confirmed it's AI though.

There is constant mix up in the story of whether the FMC's parents dies a few months ago or several years ago. There is mix up of them being out in the country, yet there is overlap with it seeming like they are in the middle of a city (being able to walk out of the house to the public park, and just stating a singular street that someone lives on). The end of the book is super choppy and all over the place with no consistent flow. Not sure how this one made it through the editing phase.

The last book I listened to from this author I noticed mix up in the description of the characters. At first I just thought it was me, but I'm pretty sure it was AI mix up.

All in all this book is not the best. Other's from this AI Author are not bad and the AI reader isn't horrible. I don't mind the listens since they are free with my membership, but would never pay for these books individually.