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Dive into a captivating tale of love and adventure with Fortunate Foundlings, where the lives of twins Horatio and Louisa take unexpected turns as they navigate a world filled with challenges and intrigue. Abandoned in their infancy and adopted by a wealthy bachelor, the spirited siblings must break free from his protection to forge their own paths. Plucky Louisa is determined to defend her virtue in a male-dominated society, while her bold brother seeks fortune on the battlefield. This energetic narrative sweeps through bustling cities, royal courts, and even the quiet confines of a convent, ...

In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. Love in its fiery form may last but a moment―or forever. The need and want are obvious to both. Its all-consuming, if feels like it will always endure and never end. But passion and desire can burn bright and then burn themselves out. Our very devoted authors have much to share.

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents whose time has now come again.

In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country. There are times when love is not a revelation and a calling from one soul to another but a carefully navigated path, or maybe a badly chosen path that decimates happiness. Which way will our literary leviathans take us? Inevitably it will be more than one.

The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, Vol. 1 is an early feminist novel exploring the consequences of a young woman’s flirtations and her eventual entrapment in an unhappy marriage. A powerful critique of 18th-century gender roles and societal expectations.