“Look for me by moonlight!”

Road Trip With a Rogue (Her Majesty’s Rebels #3) by Kate Bateman               

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Dashing after a couple fleeing to Gretna Green, the last thing Daisy Hamilton expected to happen was to find Lucien Vaughan, Duke of Cranford being held up by highwayman. She’s disguised as a man to make pursuit easier.

Lady Daisy Hamilton is working with King & Co. and has been hired by heiress Violet Brand’s father to recover his daughter before she makes it to Scotland with Lord Peregrine Hughes.

Rescuing Lucien is not in her plans. It just happens—sort of! They do have history. Lucien had been friends with her brothers. And yes, Daisy is a duke’s daughter. But that’s another story, best forgotten.

It’s a pity Daisy can’t forget the way Lucien kissed her before going off to war FIVE  years ago.

Now finding herself in Lucien’s company, pursuing the runaways, is more than Daisy can bare. Besides she never did believe the prophecy she’d received from the fake hermit  outside Vauxhall Gardens about true love and dark highways. (Maybe Daisy should reconsider!)

Lucien is dark and dangerous. Daisy’s more than a match for him, but true love is her guiding light, not true lust.

An invigorating, charming read where the rogue just might have met his match.

I always loved Alfred Noyes’ poem “The Highwayman”. It sets the tone for this witty and sardonic Georgian Historical Romance rather marvellously.

A St. Martin’s Press ARC via NetGalley.                                              

Many thanks to the author and publisher.