Silken Bonds

The second book in M.C. Beaton''s charming Waverly Women trilogy.

Modern notions were all well and good - but where did one find a man to share them?

Though Frederica chafes at the restricted life she lives as the adopted daughter of an infamous bluestocking, she does agree with the philosophy: until men learn to appreciate women as intellectual equals, Frederica is better off without them!

But her ...