title: Memoirs of a Hoyden
author: Smith, Joan
description: She followed adventure around the world -- only to find love at home.
  
  "YOU ARE CERTAINLY A LADY WHO KNOWS HER OWN MIND--AND EVERYONE ELSE'S!"
  
  After one had savored the starry dusk of Constantinople, raced camels across the Syrian desert, and been chased by Arabian bandits, England seemed quite dreary indeed!
  
  But for famed author and adventuress Marion Mathieson, it was--momentarily--home. Here to lecture on her new book, A Gentlewoman's Memoirs of the Orient, she had no choice but to obey the ludicrous restrictions placed on "civilized" ladies. Truth to tell, many considered her exploits quite unladylike!
  
  But a stormy night's highway robbery soon raised her spirits considerably. Especially now that the "Queen of the Orient" was in pursuit of spies and smugglers--albeit in the unwilling company of Mr. Kestrel... whose strong shoulders and captivating eyes promised a lady as much adventure as she could handle!
  
  Hero: Mr. Nick Kestrel, Lord Castlereagh
  Heroine: Marion Mathiseson