Today’s Modern Woman should strive for personal enlightenment, independence, and forthrightness. The perfect place to begin this quest for assertiveness is in the bedchamber…

A Ladies’ Guide to the Pursuit of

Personal Happiness and Intimate Fulfillment

by Charles Brightmore

“Scandalous, that’s what it is,” came an outraged male whisper. “My wife has somehow secured a copy of that deuced Ladies’ Guide.”

“How do you know?” came another gruff male whisper.

“Damned obvious, what with the way she’s been acting. Been spewing out nonsense about ‘today’s modern woman’ and ‘independence’ like a steaming teakettle. Just yesterday she marched into my private study and proceeded to question me regarding my gambling markers and the amount of time I spend at White’s!”

Sharp intakes of breath followed. “Outrageous,” muttered the gruff whisperer.

“Precisely what I told her.”

“What did you do?”

“Why, I marched her right out of my study, called for a carriage, and sent her to Asprey’s to pick out a new bauble to occupy her mind.”

“Excellent. I assume your strategy worked?”

“Unfortunately not as well as I’d hoped. Last night I found her awaiting me in my bedchamber. Gave me quite a turn, I tell you. Especially as I’d just left my mistress and was thoroughly worn-out. Bloody hell, a wife’s not supposed to make such demands, or have such expectations.”

“My wife did the same thing just last week,” came a third aggrieved whisper.