Mary Wakefield

First published in 1949, in Mary Wakefield, the third book in the
Jalna series, a young English woman is hired by Ernest Whiteoak to be a
governess to Philip's motherless children. When Philip falls in love
with her, his mother does all she can to prevent the marriage. This is
book 3 of 16 in The Whiteoak Chronicles. It is followed by Young Renny.