The Novel:
A Lady's Formula for Love (The Secret Scientists of London #1)

The Author: 
Elizabeth Everett 

The Noobies:
Feminists Without Mystique 
IG: @feministswithoutmystique
Twitter: @fwmpodcast

The Synopsis: 
What is a Victorian lady's formula for love? Mix one brilliant noblewoman and her enigmatic protection officer. Add in a measure of danger and attraction. Heat over the warmth of humor and friendship, and the result is more than simple chemistry—it's elemental.

Lady Violet Hughes is keeping secrets. First, she founded a clandestine sanctuary for England's most brilliant female scientists. Second, she is using her genius on a confidential mission for the Crown. But the biggest secret of all? Her feelings for protection officer Arthur Kneland.

Solitary and reserved, Arthur learned the hard way to put duty first. But the more time he spends in the company of Violet and the eccentric club members, the more his best intentions go up in flames. Literally.

When a shadowy threat infiltrates Violet's laboratories, endangering her life and her work, scientist and bodyguard will find all their theories put to the test—and learn that the most important discoveries are those of the heart.

Show Notes:
- Welcome Erin and Maria, co-hosts of Feminists Without Mystique podcast
- Some brief Oscars chat: #TeamPromisingYoungWoman
- About Feminists Without Mystique (00:05:02)
- A little bit of hope...
- Introducing A Lady's Formula for Love (00:14:51)
- Erin & Maria's experience to romance novels
- Remembering Borders Bookstore (RIP)
- A brief synopsis for A Lady's Formula for Love (00:19:59)
- Men who get out of the way...
- Tear gas, hairspray, and other "feminine" things
- Bucking with traditional archetypes 
- A "protection officer" named Arthur (00:32:55)
- Real characters and themes... but in fiction
- Erotic hypotheses
- A questionable ending... or another beginning? (00:38:40)
- Redemption and forgiveness in romance
- Good ol' Greta Green (Shoutout to the Wallflower series by Lisa Kleypas)
- A few steamy sexcerpts… and some not-so-sexy euphemisms (00:52:15)
- Sponges, French letters, and other contraceptive talk
- The future of the series?
- Heart, Humor, & Heat Ratings (01:06:45)
- Romance writing reference book mentioned (I forgot the title at the time): Naughty Words for Nice Writers: A Romance Novel Thesaurus
- DTRRN (Down to Read Romance Novels)
- Falling for the online romance community

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