Leticia Boyce runs a ladies' seminary, against the wishes of most of her family, and proves unconventional in other ways as well. This narrative is less presentist than it could be, a fact to its benefit; Leticia is less independent than she seems, though at least she's allowed to keep her dignity and there's no irritating Stockholm Syndrome. More readable than I'd expected, in short. (This was yet another temporarily free ebook, though not a Kindle promotion.)