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Author
Series
Mercy Falls volume 1
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Description
Addie Sullivan takes a job as a governess at a lavish yet mysterious estate in an attempt to decode her heritage, but she and Lieutenant John North discover the estate's secrets while cultivating a romance.
Author
Series
The women of Lancaster County volume 2
Publisher
Harvest House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
344 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Amish-raised Ada Rupp falls in love with Amish widower Will Gundy and agrees to act as his daughter's nanny on a trip to Europe, but when Mennonite scholar Daniel Hart asks for her help, she is torn between the two men.
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
559 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Book 4 in the fan-favorite Mad Morelands series from New York Times bestselling author Candace Camp!
Had Theo Moreland, the Marquess of Raine, killed her brother? And had the treasure the two men sought in South America hastened his descent to an early grave? American journalist Megan Mulcahey has to discover the truth. But to find out, she needs to infiltrate the marquess's household.
The new American governess intrigues Theo. Wanderlust has always...
Author
Language
English
Description
Lillian Porter is thrilled to accept a nanny position out west, until she arrives and hears troubling rumors that her employer caused his wife's death. But the accusation doesn't align with the man she comes to know--and love. When Woody is arrested on suspicion of attacking his housekeeper, can Lillian find the truth in time to save them both from tragedy?
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 357, 14 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In April of 1897, nanny Charlotte Bill arrives at the ancestral estate of the Duke and Duchess of York, where she cares for a generation of royals with steadfast loyalty and unconditional affection.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Every June, the quiet beach town of Ogunquit is overtaken by wealthy families who hire local young women like Amy Latimer and Hayley Franklin to care for their children. Best friends since childhood, Amy and Hayley are eager to secure lucrative summer jobs. Amy wants to finance her upcoming move to Boston. Hayley hopes to squirrel away enough money so that her mom can finally leave her abusive husband.... But the passing weeks bring complications...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Entreated by her ex-husband to help with two orphans recently placed in his custody, a closure-seeking Andie discovers the task to be much harder than anticipated in light of the orphans' delinquent antics, a haunting, and Andie's rekindled feelings.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's 1919, and Louisa Cannon dreams of escaping her life of poverty in London, and most of all her oppressive and dangerous uncle. Louisa's salvation is a position within the Mitford household at Asthall Manor, in the Oxfordshire countryside. There she will become nursery maid, chaperone and confidante to the Mitford sisters, especially sixteen-year-old Nancy - an acerbic, bright young woman in love with stories. But then a nurse - Florence Nightingale...
10) Nanny McPhee
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 99 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4in.
Language
English
Description
A mysterious woman with special powers enters the household of the recently widowed Mr. Brown and attempts to tame his seven very naughty children. Soon, the children's misbehavior has magical and startling consequences.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
239 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Mr. Green, a stingy widower with three children he cannot be bothered with, decides to find a nanny for his children, he winds up hiring a glamorous ex-circus pig who knows nothing about children but a lot about chocolate.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
305 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A sequel to "The Nanny Diaries" finds Nan returning to New York after 10 years abroad and getting approached by a drunken 16-year-old Grayer X, who describes his parents' brutal divorce and prompts her re-entry into child care for the elite.
Author
Series
Publisher
Listen & Live Audio
Pub. Date
p2015
Physical Desc
9 audio discs (11 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In the finale of the Bloody Jack series, Jacky Faber is framed as passing confidential U.S. information to the British. Forced to flee Boston, she goes undercover as a governess for a prominent Puritan family.
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
385 pages : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Miss Penelope Lumley assuages the disappointments of her sixteenth birthday by accepting an invitation to speak at her former school, the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, which will be closed if she cannot prove the academic progress of her incorrigible charges.
16) The unmapped sea
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
c2015
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
404 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lord Fredrick Ashton may not feel ready to be a father, but with a little Ashton on the way, he's sure about one thing, the wolfish curse on his family must end before the child is born.
17) Nanny dearest
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sue Keller is lost. When her father dies suddenly, she's orphaned in her mid-twenties ... Then Sue meets Annie. It's been twenty years ... She was Sue's live-in nanny at their big house upstate, and she loved Sue like she was her own ... Sue is only too eager to welcome Annie back into her life; but as they become inseparable once again, Sue starts to uncover the truth about Annie's unsettling time in the Keller house all those years ago, particularly...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
[Widescreen format].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 49 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nanny McPhee arrives to help a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war, though she uses her magic to teach the woman's children and their two spoiled cousins five new lessons.
Author
Series
Canadian crossings volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
349 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Grace Abernathy's sister is rejected by the Easton family because of her low social class, Grace uses an assumed name to secure a position as her nephew Christian's nanny to see to his well-being, and ends up falling for the boy's guardian.