History Lessons

To Lucy Primm, her daily re-enactments at historic Hartford House are just part of the job. But to historian and director Warren Ellis, living in the past is much more. A stickler for detail, the old-fashioned Ellis wants no modern intrusions into his private sphere of living history, and when Lucy finds herself growing closer to him she realizes that Ellis’ hold on the past is part of his love for a time when men were protective leaders and women were expected to obey, or endure a corrective spanking. Can this modern woman find happiness in the past-perfect world longed for by her handsome historian? As a single mother, Lucy has been independent for a long time. But as Ellis urges her to trust in him, she finds the lessons in history teaching her more about herself.