@FlnFormlessness @AdamScottWrites If I were writing it today, I would! But it's 1899, and she thinks of herself as a swordsman. I'm deliberately using the archaic form for the period...and because I want to emphasize that she's taking male prerogatives. (Sorry for the long explanation!)
@AdamScottWrites Followed! Mine: Pre-Order now! My Gilded Age diva is back, still a crackerjack swordsman and a perfect lady, now sorting out two interlocking murder mysteries. More backstage intrigue, more wry humor, and of course more slow-burn romance: https://t.co/1fdWpmoqz5