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The Governess of Greyveil Manor
(2026)(The third book in the London Ladies in Peril Mystery series)
A novel by Beverley Oakley
A fallen woman in disguise. A house full of secrets. A murder she is destined to hang for.
Marianne was born a lady. Betrayed by her stepmother after her father's death, she and her twin sister Celeste were cast out of society — and into a world from which there is no respectable return.
Now, when Lily, Lady Bradden's discreet employment bureau receives an unusual request — a courtesan to masquerade as governess at Greyveil Manor — Marianne recognises the name of the house immediately. It was the last word Celeste spoke before she vanished from London without trace.
The wealthy widow Lady Ashford claims she needs a governess willing to bend the rules — someone worldly enough to neutralise the charming fortune hunter circling her young stepdaughter Arabella. But from the moment Marianne crosses Greyveil's threshold, she senses the position was designed for her specifically.
Her danger deepens when Sir Dominic Harrow, the neighbouring baronet, recognises her — not as a respectable governess, but as the enigmatic woman with whom he once played chess at Madame Chambon's pleasure house. He is the last man she should trust. He may be the only one she can.
But when the fortune hunter is found dead, the evidence is elegant, damning, and points only to Marianne. With the noose tightening and Greyveil's secrets rising like ghosts through its shadowed corridors, she must uncover the truth about Celeste before a killer turns her search for answers into the last mistake of her life.
The Governess of Greyveil Manor is Book 3 in the London Ladies in Peril Mystery series.
Genre: Historical Mystery
Marianne was born a lady. Betrayed by her stepmother after her father's death, she and her twin sister Celeste were cast out of society — and into a world from which there is no respectable return.
Now, when Lily, Lady Bradden's discreet employment bureau receives an unusual request — a courtesan to masquerade as governess at Greyveil Manor — Marianne recognises the name of the house immediately. It was the last word Celeste spoke before she vanished from London without trace.
The wealthy widow Lady Ashford claims she needs a governess willing to bend the rules — someone worldly enough to neutralise the charming fortune hunter circling her young stepdaughter Arabella. But from the moment Marianne crosses Greyveil's threshold, she senses the position was designed for her specifically.
Her danger deepens when Sir Dominic Harrow, the neighbouring baronet, recognises her — not as a respectable governess, but as the enigmatic woman with whom he once played chess at Madame Chambon's pleasure house. He is the last man she should trust. He may be the only one she can.
But when the fortune hunter is found dead, the evidence is elegant, damning, and points only to Marianne. With the noose tightening and Greyveil's secrets rising like ghosts through its shadowed corridors, she must uncover the truth about Celeste before a killer turns her search for answers into the last mistake of her life.
The Governess of Greyveil Manor is Book 3 in the London Ladies in Peril Mystery series.
Genre: Historical Mystery
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