A Dangerous Flirtation; Or, Did Ida May Sin?

Laura Jean Libbey

1862–1924

A hugely popular writer of romance and sensation fiction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this American author built her fame through serialized stories that appeared in widely read family papers and were later issued as dime novels. Her work reached a mass audience in its day, and her surviving journals reveal a life that also included extensive travel abroad.