The Gullible Governess
(2026)(The third book in the Beaumont Boarding House series)
A novel by Jennifer Branson
When ladies from the Old World escape to the Wild West they find refuge in Beaumont Boarding House.
Beverly Seymour clutched her carpetbag tight as she descended from the stagecoach, the Texas dust already settling on her sensible traveling boots. The advertisement had promised a respectable position as governess to a wealthy rancher's children, but the leering man who greeted her—waving no employment contract but a hastily obtained marriage license—made her heart sink. With nothing but her wits and the last of her savings, she fled to the safety of the nearby Beaumont Boarding House, determined that no man would dictate her future again.Richard St. Pierre hadn’t expected to linger in Beaumont beyond the time needed to settle his late aunt Tilly's affairs. The tall, broad-shouldered lumberman's thoughts remained fixed on his thriving business in Oregon, where the scent of pine and honest work awaited him. His calloused hands were more accustomed to axes than paperwork, his nights typically spent planning timber routes rather than rescuing a desperate young woman.
Can Beverly give up her desire for independence for the right man? Will Richard’s windfall be more than just money? And as Beverly and Richard find themselves entangled in an arrangement of convenience that grows more complicated by the day, will their pretend engagement blossom into something neither dared hope for in the dusty streets of Beaumont?
Genre: Inspirational