The penny-pinching duchess, determined not to pay for another night's lodging, insists her coach travel the perilous roads outside London. In doing so, she was all but begging for the unwanted attentions of a roving thief. It is her companion, Marianna Harkness, who first hears the pounding hoofbeats, and who boldly meets the gaze of the handsome highwayman Captain Jack. However, nothing goes as planned - for the victims or the criminals - and the duchess leaves it to Marianne to rescue her diamonds from Captain Jack's clutches. But soon adventure turns to mayhem, as Marianne discovers that the only way to reform the scoundrel is to fall in love with him!
- ISBN10 0709065809
- ISBN13 9780709065807
- Publish Date 29 July 2005 (first published 28 March 1998)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 April 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher The Crowood Press Ltd
- Imprint Robert Hale Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English