A Gilded Age tale of science, humor, and love, told through side-by-side journal entries.

A summer holiday to Newport has put Miss Anne Bennet in the same house with the perfect specimen for her scientific study into the mating habits of the idle rogue: Mr. Valentine Reed, a handsome flirt with a rakish reputation.

Val finds Newport insufferably boring, but can’t help but be curious about the young woman who is always scribbling in a notebook. And when she asks him to help her sneak out at night, who is he to say no?

But one night leads to another, and soon they’re running away, faking an engagement, becoming friends, and—just maybe—falling in love.

This is one summer holiday they’ll never forget.

This volume contains the full Idle Nature serial, collected and edited for your reading pleasure.

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