Taming Christmas

A Victorian twist on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. Lady Elsie Bevue has spent the last two years in Wales, a supposed punishment for slapping an earl, her mother's beau. Unrepentant, Elsie explores the countryside on horseback, riding astride like a gentleman-not at all like the demure lady her family demands of her. Mr. Fitzburgh Smith is determined, both in his bachelorhood and business acumen. While the titled peerage struggles with the mercurial economy, Fitz has come into his own,...