Minerva's Match

Eris: Greek Goddess of Chaos; started the Trojan war by tossing an apple into a party that said to the fairest.Minerva was named after the Roman goddess of Wisdom, Logic, and Strategic Warfare. The Virgin goddess. Minerva Wright has every intention of attaining a healthy spinsterhood, despite half of the Heiresses falling prey to that devil Cupid. She is made of stronger stuff. She has spent years honing her intellect, studying a subject, Agronomy the science of soil, her father thinks ridiculous for a woman. No matter. The most esteemed researcher in the field Mr. J. A. Lathrop thinks her ideas worthy of merit, more he has even collaborated with her on a presentation to the Royal Society. She was sure she wouldn't be able to go but then as if the gods had ordained it, everything fell in to place and any moment she will finally be meeting him! She only wish that blowhard Earl could see her now. She'd like to smile in his face when Mr. Lathrop takes her arm and...