The Bluestocking’s Highwayman by Audrey Harrison

A botanically inclined bluestocking and a highwayman are surely not a match made in heaven. But love, like a carefully nurtured plant, can bloom even in the most unlikely places.

Frances Somers is a woman of exceptional intellect and passion, known for her vast knowledge of plants and her love for botanical exploration. Her father’s recent remarriage has brought an unwelcome stepmother into her life, who has little patience for Frances’s scholarly pursuits and her greenhouse filled with exotic flora.
Under the threat of a forced marriage and on the way to London in the dark of night, Frances is simultaneously terrified and thrilled when her parents’ coach is held up. Might this be her one and only chance to escape her monstrous husband-to-be?