“A Ladies Guide to the Pursuit of Personal Happiness and Intimate Fulfillment” sounds innocent unless you are a man and believe the woman’s place is in the home, as was commonly believed in London society of that age. While hiding behind a screen, Lady Catherine overhears several men discussing the vile guide and how they would like to find the author, Charles Brightmore.

Andrew Stanton, having engaged Lady Catherine in conversation, is at her side when a shot crashes through the window and injures her. He offers to accompany her to her home and to act as her protector. When feelings between them develop into love, they both reveal they have been hiding secrets from each other. There are other attempts on Catherine and Andrew. As the book progressed, I was wrapped up in the story and found it hard to put the book down to attend to other things.

What secrets are they hiding? Why are Catherine and Andrew targets? Readers will find this book to be engrossing and impossible to put down.