Lady Barbara Gossiter has earned a devilish nickname: Lady Barbarity. An aristocrat with sharp wit and sharper elbows, she's just returned from a season in London feeling suffocated by the empty performances of the upper classes. Back at her ancestral home, she finds her father, the Earl, humorously fretting over legacy while Barbara's attention drifts to more urgent matters: a young rebel imprisoned nearby, awaiting trial. What begins as curiosity about the prisoner transforms into something far more dangerous: a daring rescue, a forbidden attraction, and a full-frontal assault on the conventions that bind women of her station. Snaith's 1899 novel crackles with adventure and sass, offering a heroine who refuses to be decorative. It's a romping good time with teeth, a story about what happens when a lady decides she'd rather ride toward trouble than away from it.
