The Gentlewoman Author

Which freedoms is a widow permitted in the year 1755? Might she write or even publish a somewhat scandalous romance? Or fall in love with a younger man? Mary Allen is about to find out.

Due to a misunderstanding, Mary publishes a novel, an action she considers highly improper. Behind a weak pseudonym, she frets over the undiscovered fact that she is an author. When she learns that her brother is forcing his young daughter, Louisa, into an arranged marriage, she recognizes the opportunity as an escape for them both. Mary sweeps her niece off to Bath where she intends to stay away from the lure of her pen and to help Louisa find a love match.

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