In the first, Dina's fortunes have declined while her childhood friend David's have improved. Even though Dina still holds a torch for David, she is determined not to interfere with his match to a "suitable" heiress, until she sees the fiancée sneaking off into the woods with another man.
In the second, when Captain Ridout's brother and sister-in-law die suddenly of a sickness, he finds himself in possession of both and estate and two orphaned children. Emmeline is from a good family but is heartbroken when her crush marries another women. To get away from the situation, she takes the position as a governess for the captain just for a year until she can make enough money to start a new life. She doesn't bargain on falling in love with the children and their uncle.
In the third, Sarah Woolsey was orphaned as young child and accepted as a charity student at a girl's school. She becomes a housemaid but is hastily elevated to be the governess to a foundling child left on her employer's doorstep. Her frank country ways and unspoiled beauty captures the attention of her employer, but can he convince she is good enough to marry a gentleman?
This is a sweet and delightful collection--just what you would expect from the book description and title. It is shameless wish fulfillment, but sometimes that is just what we want to read.
(320 p. 2019)
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