Nine Coaches Waiting vs The Secret Woman: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Governesses, Romance, Fiction
Nine Coaches Waiting
“I was thankful that nobody was there to meet me at the airport.”
Linda Martin, an English woman is hired to be a governess for a young French boy. But a strange terror coiled in the shadows behind the brooding elegance of the huge Château Valmy. It lay there like some dark and…
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The Secret Woman
Dark Secrets. Lost Treasure. Delicious Scandal. Anna Brett fears she's doomed to be a governess to an English family for the rest of her life. But when the dashing captain Redvers Stretton struts back into her life,…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Nine Coaches Waiting has the widest readership — 17424 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Nine Coaches Waiting | The Secret Woman | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (17424) | 3.9 (3012) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (26) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (140) | — |
Reception
| Nine Coaches Waiting | The Secret Woman | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 17424 | 3012 |
| Editions | 23 | 41 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | — | 1302 |
| Reading it now | — | 299 |
| Written reviews | — | 167 |
| Wikipedia attention | 427 | 199 |
| Pages | 329 | 374 |