USA Today bestselling author Leigh LaValle delivers a captivating novel of passion and intrigue…Once the darling of high society, Mazie Chetwyn knows firsthand how quickly the rich and powerful turn their backs on the less fortunate. Orphaned, penniless and determined to defy their ruthless whims, she joins forces with a local highwayman who steals from the rich to give to the poor. Then the …
Then the pawn broker snitches, and Mazie is captured by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire. A man who is far too handsome, far too observant…and surely as corrupt as his father once was.
Sensible, rule-driven Trent Carthwick, twelfth Earl of Radford, is certain the threat of the gallows will prompt the villagers’ beloved Angel of Kindness to reveal the highwayman’s identity. But his bewitching captive volunteers nothing—except a sultry, bewildering kiss.
And so the games begin. Trent feints, Mazie parries. He threatens, she pretends nonchalance. He cajoles, she rebuffs. Thwarted at every turn, Trent probes deep into her one vulnerability—her past. There he finds the leverage he needs and a searing truth that challenges all he believes about right and wrong.
2011 RWA Golden Heart Finalist
2012 TOP PICK Night Owl Reviews
2012 BEST HISTORICAL Rogues Under the Covers
Previously published by Samhain Publishing as The Runaway Countess
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I enjoyed the twists and turns and rather unconventional plot.
Steamy
Could not put this book down.
Loved the Robin Hood allusions.
With more depth than some romances, the tension between duty and mercy show the inner turmoil of the characters as well as their obvious attraction.
The story seemed so implausible and just drug on and on. I have better things to do with my time. I didn’t even finish the book.
Just too much sex in book
It was a really good book but the end was rather quick and done. The end was to sudden.
Great book, enjoyed it a lot.
The way he treated her .made me angry
I would like to read the next book in this series when it is available. Loved the characters.
Wow! What an amazing book! You will love the characters and their story is so deep. It keeps you guessing ti the last page. An amazing book!