Richard Redgrave The Governess oil painting, 1844. Detail.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
“You’re a governess?”
To save her younger brother from poverty and her country from invasion,
Simone must sound like anything but an English governess.
The audiobook version of Barbara Metzger’s
Regency Romance
THE SCANDALOUS LIFE OF A TRUE LADY
is now available on Audible UK, Audible US, Amazon and iTunes
narrated by Pippa Rathborne
Simone and Harry are meant for each other.
But there’s a problem:
She can see the future
He can taste the truth
“I propose to hire you as an actress.”
“I am no actress.”
“For one hundred pounds.”
“I can learn.
What role shall I play?”
“Why, my mistress, of course.”
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” Oscar Wilde
A lady never tells
Jean-Jacques Bachelier White angora cat, chasing a butterfly 1761 Versailles, musée Lambinet
Pippa Rathborne 