Kerrigan Byrne has been a massive favorite of mine since she began her McLaughlan Berserker novellas several years ago, so without hesitation, I preordered the Highwayman. But I must admit, I was a little nervous about this book when I saw the title and the cover. I thought this might be a bit of a rehash of some older style historical romances that I read in the past; I was absolutely mistaken! This is a unique and modern take on the classic 'historical romance': it's gritty, dark, has a unique story and atypical characters that literally had me up all night.
Nothing about this book was what I expected. The beginning of the story sets the tone for things to come: a fortuitous meeting between a young boy and an even younger girl results in a life-long bond of compassion and love that will stand the test of time, separation and even the finality of death.
The lead woman is Farah, a woman in her late twenties who has been hiding in plain sight working for Scotland Yard for years. Considered by her colleagues as a prim and proper 'blue-stocking', her widowed status provides her the shelter she needs to live a very independent lifestyle answerable to no one but herself. But make no mistake, she is hiding. From a past she can't claim and from a birthright she has given up as lost forever.
Enter Dorian Blackwell. Known with familiarity in the halls of Scotland Yard as a King Pin in the London underworld, Dorian has become fabulously wealthy and notorious through his ruthlessness and cunning. Though Dorian has been consistently able to evade prosecution for his criminal activities, he occasionally has close brushes with Scotland Yard's lawmen. As in the past, Blackwell manages to dodge responsibility for his crimes, but not before encountering Farah in the interrogation cell at the Yard. This chance encounter changes everything for Blackwell.
I would hate to give away anything about the story in my review, because it was just so good that a reader should have the opportunity to experience it firsthand! Allow me to say that the chemistry between Farah and Dorian is so spectacular, it defies words. The mystery of Dorian adds a razor-sharp edge to his sex-appeal; this is a man tormented by the cruelty he endured at the hands of others yet equally driven and repulsed by his need to exact vengence for the past. Can the giving and taking of forgiveness and compassion heal a heart shattered by grief and loss?
This is the kind of romance you only get once in a long while---take the phone off the hook, lock the front door and draw the curtains, because you are not going anywhere until this novel is finished. Trust me.
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