The Nanny's Handbook to Magic and Managing Difficult Dukes
Amy Rose Bennett
Reviewed by Helen
Oh my goodness this is such an awesome story, fun, witty and just fabulous I loved getting to know Emmeline Chase and Xavier Mason, Duke of St Lawrence, and the children that she will be taking care of. Set in London in 1851.
Emmaline is widowed and just graduated from the Parasol Academy for Exceptional Nannies and Governesses and has an appointment for her first interview, but her Tel-ley-porting seems to have taken her in the wrong direction instead of where she needs to be she is on the roof of St Lawrence House in Belgravia, home to a Duke none the less, how on earth is she going to get off the roof? A Raven named Horatio comes to the rescue and soon has his master none other than the Duke Xavier Mason, helping her from the roof.
The meeting between them seems like fate maybe with the fact that Xavier has three young wards in his care and has already lost two nannies, when he finds out that Emmaline is a Nanny then maybe she will be able to help and is soon requesting her to join his household as the Nanny, this is what he needs as he is working hard on plans for a new clock The Kings Clock and peace is what he needs with everything that is happening the household, will Nanny Chase be able to ensure this?
Things move in strange ways in this house with a saboteur on the lose Nanny ensures that the children and The Duke are kept safe she has all sorts of tricks in her magical pocket and her parasol is also very helpful but the more time they spend together the more the chemistry grows between them and this is one rule in The Nanny’s Handbook which must not be broken but it seems that Emmaline is breaking more rules than she should at the moment, will she lose her place as and exceptional Nanny?
I loved this one so much, I laughed and cheered them on throughout the book, the characters are just so very good from Horatio, the raven to the children and of course Xavier and Emmaline, I can’t highly recommend this one enough it is a beautiful historical romance with bit of magic and mayhem, a little bit Mary Poppins and Harry Potter with magic spells, it is awesome and the start of a series, woohoo, don’t miss this one.
My thanks to Kensington Publishing and Netgalley for my copy to read and review.
Emmaline is widowed and just graduated from the Parasol Academy for Exceptional Nannies and Governesses and has an appointment for her first interview, but her Tel-ley-porting seems to have taken her in the wrong direction instead of where she needs to be she is on the roof of St Lawrence House in Belgravia, home to a Duke none the less, how on earth is she going to get off the roof? A Raven named Horatio comes to the rescue and soon has his master none other than the Duke Xavier Mason, helping her from the roof.
The meeting between them seems like fate maybe with the fact that Xavier has three young wards in his care and has already lost two nannies, when he finds out that Emmaline is a Nanny then maybe she will be able to help and is soon requesting her to join his household as the Nanny, this is what he needs as he is working hard on plans for a new clock The Kings Clock and peace is what he needs with everything that is happening the household, will Nanny Chase be able to ensure this?
Things move in strange ways in this house with a saboteur on the lose Nanny ensures that the children and The Duke are kept safe she has all sorts of tricks in her magical pocket and her parasol is also very helpful but the more time they spend together the more the chemistry grows between them and this is one rule in The Nanny’s Handbook which must not be broken but it seems that Emmaline is breaking more rules than she should at the moment, will she lose her place as and exceptional Nanny?
I loved this one so much, I laughed and cheered them on throughout the book, the characters are just so very good from Horatio, the raven to the children and of course Xavier and Emmaline, I can’t highly recommend this one enough it is a beautiful historical romance with bit of magic and mayhem, a little bit Mary Poppins and Harry Potter with magic spells, it is awesome and the start of a series, woohoo, don’t miss this one.
My thanks to Kensington Publishing and Netgalley for my copy to read and review.
5 stars
July 29, 2025 by Simon & Schuster Australia September 30, 2025 by Kensington
