Trouble

A Regency-era romantic comedy with a deliciously feminist and queer twist,from the author of Reputation and Infamous. There’s a new governess at Fairmont Houseand she’s going to be nothing but trouble. Emily Laurence is a liar. She is not politeshe’s not polishedand she has never taught a child in her life. This position was meant to be her sister’sΓÇôΓÇôbrilliantkind Amywho isn’t perpetually angrydangerously recklessand who does (inexplicably) like children. But Amy is unwell and needs a doctorand their father is gone and their mother is uselessso here Emily ispretending to be something she’s not. If she can get away with her deception for long enough to earn a few month’s wages and slip some expensive trinkets into her pockets along the wayperhaps they’ll be all right. That isas long as she doesn’t get involved with the Edwards family’s dramas. Emily refuses to care about her charges – Gracewho talks too much and loves too hardand Asterwho is frankly terrifying but might just be the wittiest sixteen-year-old Emily has ever met – or the servantswho insist on acting as if they’re each other’s family. And she certainly hasn’t noticed her employerthe broodingtaciturn Captain Edwardsno matter how good he might look without a shirt on . . . As Fairmont House draws her inEmily’s lies start to come undone. Can she fix her mistakes before it’s too late?