Like a Flower in Bloom

4.5 stars
A lightheartedly serious tale of a young woman who suddenly has normalcy ripped out from under her feet. For eight years she's devoted her life to helping her father with his botany, his correspondence, and keeping a roof over their heads. But when her uncle mentions that it's time for her to marry, her father abruptly hires a young acqauintance who happens along at the right/wrong moment...to do Charlotte's work!...and then sends Charlotte out to find a man in society.
Only, Charlotte has spent all her life working for her calling in botany and has no concept of how to survive the polished, dishonest barbs of society. But for her unexpected new friend Miss Templeton, she'd have no allies on this quest of hers to convince her father that her work actually was important to him and that she doesn't need to marry.