title: The Silent Governess
author:  Julie Klassen 
description: When Olivia Keene arrives home to find her father strangling her mother, she picks up the nearest blunt object and bashes him on the head. Fearing that she will be charged with murder, Olivia, with her mothers help, flees. While en route to a potential position with an old friend of her mothers, Olivia finds herself caught up in a series of dangerous adventures culminating in her arrival at Brightwell Court, where she accidentally eavesdrops on a conversation between Lord Edward Stanton Bradley and his father, the Earl. Realizing that the information the now speechless Olivia unknowingly possesses could ruin him, Edward insists that she accept a position in his familys nursery, never expecting that the silent new governess might be his one hope of salvation. Klassen expertly infuses her Regency-set inspirational tale with a gothic atmosphere, resulting in a sweetly intriguing romance worthy of Victoria Holt. --John Charles
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  **The Silent**  
   **Governess**
  
  JULIE KLASSEN
  
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   _The Silent Governess_  
  Copyright © 2009  
  Julie Klassen
  
  Cover design by Jennifer Parker  
  Cover photography by Mike Habermann Photography, LLC
  
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  Published by Bethany House Publishers  
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  Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
  
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  **Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data**
  
  Klassen, Julie.
  
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