Found: Historical Romance novel

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Found: Historical Romance novel

1AAA-1
Bearbeitet: Mai 29, 2023, 1:39 pm

Alright so the book I wanna find has a few of the following tropes:
Found family, governess heroine, war veteran hero
I read it within the last five years.
From what I remember, the H was an aristocrat (earl?) who went to war in place of his younger brother who didn't want to go so he fled (I think). The H came back from war injured in his leg so he limps with a cane. The h is the governess of the children of the younger brother. The younger brother was widowed and dies of natural causes so the governess takes the two children (boy and girl) to their next of kin, who happens to be the H. The H is grumpy and depressed, possibly has PTSD, and doesn't really want to look after the kids, especially after what his brother did (I think that was his reaction). The h convinces him to let them stay and over time she makes the H have a more active role in the children's lives. The H's mom is also in the story and she isn't an evil character but she doesn't like the h cause she's Irish/has Irish ancestry. The H and h fall for each other and get married. The h had a secret of her own (she was engaged to a man who we later find out ran away and died in America), which made her reluctant to fall for the H. I believe the book was the first in a series. The second book was about a character introduced in the first book; a retired military officer who had a disfigured hand. He marries a widowed single mother to a boy and has a horse business (?).
The MMC may have been a veteran of the Crimean war. Also he had hired a former soldier who served under him as his butler. The FMC had to hire a housekeeper (and other staff I think) cause the MMC had neglected his estate. That's all I remember.

2AAA-1
Jun. 2, 2023, 1:30 am

Found it. It's the Governess and the Guardian by Sarah Winn.