Romantic Rebel — Joan Smith

Behind her enlightened words beat the heart of a true romantic...

Left penniless and betrothed against her will, Emma Nesbitt vented her pique in a blast of purple prose that became the toast of emancipated women everywhere. And though she secretly yearned to pen Gothic romance, it seemed money and glory lay in spirited attacks on male arrogance!

Literary life in Bath was a strange affair indeed...save for Lord Paton, the evercharming critic for the prestigious Quarterly Review. His smile could lure birds from a tree, and Emma found herself quite smitten. That is, until she discovered the cad assumed her liberal ideas extended to sexual matters!

High time Lord Paton became acquainted with the truth about the celebrated lady author, who, unbeknownst to her audience, pined for a Prince Charming of her own...