Review: There are worse things than being a governess, believe it!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 30, 2012
Intriguing story about a penniless young woman whose parents leave her with relatives while they fortune hunt for diamonds in South Africa.  Catherine meets a nice gentleman at a young age who stands up for her when her cousins are putting her down for being a poor relation.  After she grows up, she receives 1 offer of marriage from a fortune hunter who convinces her to use the money her parents sent her from Africa to marry him and go fortune-hunting with him.  Her new husband, Marcus, is a selfish bastard who really wouldn't mind Harrison, happens to be one of the first people she meets in Africa and as her husband's carelessness increase, Harrison's protection and kindness to Catherine increases.  Catherine wasn't sure what would be worse than being a governess in England, but she finds out the hard way that life in a South African mining village is dangerous and frightening.  Luckily for her, Harrison takes her under his wing as the story unfolds.