It's an Anne Bishop novel; it's exactly what it says on the tin.
I do find her worlds to be really interesting places, though. They're this odd combination of deeply subversive and traditional. Gender roles, in particular, tend to be very prescriptive, but the overall societal structure tends to play into "men are the brawn. women are the brains," with undertones of "men who listen (and obey) women are better off and better people."