A woman out of time.A man stifled by propriety.A nemesis determined to take her away.A brother to the rescue.How will a powerful Duke deal with a woman who doesn't know her place?Francine Larrabee woke up on the wrong side of the century. She was fairly certain she went to sleep in her own comfy bed, but she doesn't quite seem to be there now.How does she find herself in the past, when she couldn't find herself in the present? How does a self-sufficient businesswoman survive in a time when women were still considered property for the whole of their lives?What is she going to do with this man who draws her to him so fiercely.The Rake and the Recluse: Reduxa six part, illustrated, serial novelFREEDOM brings Francine to the world of the Duke of Roxleigh, clashing worlds in the first installment of The Rake And The Recluse.