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Different Tides

In this historical romance, when a young Englishwoman becomes a governess to two grieving orphans, she discovers an unknown past—and a promising future.

London, 1835. Despite her youth and inexperience, Clementine Morris is hired by Zachariah Fleet to care for his recently orphaned niece and nephew. He hopes she can be more than a governess to the unfortunate infants. And as an orphan herself, Clementine’s heart goes out to them.

Little does Clementine know that Zachariah’s is interested in her extends beyond her new position. He believes she is a distant relation of his by marriage, and there is a chance she is a legatee for a not insubstantial amount of money.

There are troubles ahead, though, when another young woman turns up with a claim to the inheritance . . . and troubles for Zachariah too. The self-possessed, wealthy businessman has never allowed himself to fall in love, but as he grows to trust Clementine he realizes that he may be falling for her.

“The skilled and always compelling Woods keeps readers guessing until the very end of her latest historical romance.” —Booklist

Janet Woods

Janet is an Australian, who was born and raised in Dorset, UK. Happily married since her late teens, she and her husband migrated to Australia with the first two of her family of five, after her husband finished his term in the Royal Navy. She became interested in writing when the kids grew up, because she thought she might be able to write a story as readable as some of the authors she was reading.

Severn House