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Trouble
Trouble | Lex Croucher
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There's a new governess at Fairmont House, and she's going to be nothing but trouble. Emily Laurence is a liar. She is not polite, she's not polished, and she has never taught a child in her life. This position was meant to be her sister's––brilliant, kind Amy, who isn't perpetually angry, dangerously reckless, and who does (inexplicably) like children. But Amy is unwell and needs a doctor, their father is gone and their mother is useless, so here Emily is, pretending 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 way, perhaps they'll be all right. That is, as long as she doesn't get involved with the Edwards family's dramas. Emily refuses to care about her charges - Grace, who talks too much and loves too hard, and Aster, who is frankly terrifying but might just be the wittiest sixteen-year-old Emily has ever met - or the servants, who insist on acting as if they're each other's family. And she certainly hasn't noticed her employer, the brooding, taciturn Captain Edwards, no matter how good he might look without a shirt on . . . As Fairmont House draws her in, Emily's lies start to come undone. Can she fix her mistakes before it's too late?
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ravenlee
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My current library stack, which doesn‘t seem to be getting any shorter. Maybe if I stop getting more books before I finish the ones I have…but that sounds awfully drastic.

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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
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Trouble is my favourite Lex Croucher book so far and I reviewed it for Autostraddle!

"Their romance also encapsulates the protagonist figuring out she‘s a top, a journey I always love to see!

"For a delightfully queer historical romcom with equal parts humor and pathos and a delicate blend of romance and character growth, you really can‘t do any better than Lex Croucher‘s Trouble."

https://www.autostraddle.com/lex-croucher-trouble-review/

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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian
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Prickly Emily is going in her sister's stead as a governess to Fairmont House. Her sister is very ill and they need the money. She expects to fake it, steal some rich people trinkets, and leave. Instead she finds herself bonding with the kids, becoming found family w/ the staff, and falling in love with the grumpy dad. Her journey is equal parts romance and self-discovery: funny, moving. Emily realizes she is worthy of love. Bi4bi! I loved this!!

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4/5

Emily's sister Amy is sick, and Emily is desperate to make enough money to provide the care she needs. So desperate, that she pretends to be Amy and takes the governess position her sister was hired for, despite the fact that Emily doesn't know the first thing about educating children. Emily gets pulled in further and further to the lives of the staff, the children, and Captain Edwards.

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sebrittainclark
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#bookspin: Trouble by Lex Croucher
##doublebookspin: Running Wild by K.A. Tucker

#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks fantastic!! 2mo
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