With its beguiling blend of danger, desire, and deliciously dry wit, the brilliantly conceived and smartly executed A Lady’s Formula for Love is an exciting debut and a first-rate launch for Everett’s The Secret Scientists of London series. Given his past professional history, Arthur is determined to treat his protection of Violet strictly as an assignment and nothing more, until he finds the chemical reaction developing between them impossible to ignore. When Violet develops a chemical formula for the Crown, she and it are targeted by a secret organization, prompting her stepson to hire Arthur Kneland to act as her bodyguard. But the real purpose of Athena’s Retreat is to serve as a haven for women like Violet to explore their scientific interests. At first glance, Athena’s Retreat, a club formed by Lady Violet Hughes and her closest friends, would seem to be nothing more than a woman’s response to the gentleman’s social clubs of Victorian London.
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