title: The Curious Case of Mary Ann
author:  Jenn Thorson 
description: Jenn Thorson is a marketing writer by day and an author by night--so sort of like Batgirl but with less crime fighting and more carpal tunnel. She lives in Pittsburgh, PA, with two curious cats, one of whom smiles but is not from Cheshire. Her stories have been published in <i>Humor Press,</i> <i>The Knight Letter</i> (magazine for the Lewis Carroll Society of North America) the <i>Timber Creek Review</i> and <i>Romantic Homes</i> magazine. Her other novels include her humorous sci-fi trilogy, which includes: <i>There Goes the Galaxy</i>, <i>The Purloined Number</i> and <i>Tryfling Matters.</i> She is a member of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America.
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  “What are you going to do with me?” Beth asked.
  
  “Oh, do not fret. I have no designs on your person,” he said.
  
  “Then let me go.”
  
  “That, I think, would be considered unchivalrous.”
  
  “No more unchivalrous than holding a lady against her wishes.”
  
  “If the lady has no idea of the danger she is in, then a gentleman has no
  choice.” He laughed suddenly. “Whatever made you think you could pass yourself
  off as a boy? A more feminine figure I have yet to meet.” His eyes roamed
  appreciatively over her as he spoke.
  
  The only slightly masculine thing about her was her cut-down fingernails. He
  was intrigued by them. “It is a good thing I intervened when I did.”
  
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  MARY NICHOLS
  
  Born in Singapore, Mary Nichols came to England when she was three, and has
  spent most of her life in different parts of East Anglia. She has been a
  radiographer, a school secretary, an information officer and industrial
  editor, as well as a writer. She has three