Hampshire House

Kate Brockett was raised in an orphanage, but nothing she ever learned there could have prepared her for her first position outside the Home.  Lord Clayton Bingham had requested her specifically to come and be the governess to his nine-year-old twin boys, but why?  She didn’t know him, didn’t know Hampshire House, knew no one this part of Leicestershire, so why was she going to this spooky place?

Tipton was the more than capable butler, with the wonderful Emma, the head cook, as his wife.  Mrs. Hudson was the cold, heartless housekeeper.  All of the maids and crofters showed the appropriate deference, but from the moment she arrived at the gatehouse of the manor house, someone had been trying to harm her, possibly kill her!  Who could it be?  Clayton?  Mrs. Hudson?  Someone from outside the manor house?

Surely it wasn’t Clayton!  His amorous attentions after she twisted her ankle made her head spin, heart pound, and awakened feelings in her that she didn’t know existed, in spite of his hateful cousin, Felicia.  Kate’s duties as governess were expanded to housekeeper when Mrs. Hudson was discharged, and once she was gone, Kate thought she was safe.  Until the attempted rape by parties unknown, and the fire in her bedroom, and...

Hampshire House is a first novel by author Johnnie W. Lewis, writing under the pseudonym of Cisi Wright.  Johnnie is also the author of numerous books in The Five Finger Essay© series and The Writing Police© Books, illustrated educational books for children.