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Overview
In the cobbled streets where Jack the Ripper roamed, a killer, a woman and a daring highwayman clash . . .
Inflammatory articles against the crown have divided the populace of London. Worse, they have inspired a diabolical killer to exact his own brand of justice. Fear grips the city, and radical journalists live in terror, all except one. The writer known only as "A. Anonymous" appears safe -- or so Ally Grayson determinedly hopes.
But secret identities are not so uncommon during these treacherous times. Ally is convinced the masked highwayman who unwittingly inflamed her anger and passions one moonlit night is none other than Sir Mark Farrow, the devilishly handsome, infuriatingly intriguing gentleman to whom she is now unexpectedly betrothed. Soon dangerous games, daring deceptions and wicked seductions close ever tighter in a ring of murder, intrigue and unquenchable desire . . .
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Heather Graham, writing here as Shannon Drake, majored in theater arts at the University of South Florida. After a stint of several years in dinner theater, back-up vocals and bartending, she stayed home after the birth of her third child and began to write, working on short horror stories and romances. After some trial and error, she sold her first book, When Next We Love, in 1982, and since then she has written over one hundred novels and novellas, including category, romantic suspense, historical romance, vampire fiction, time travel, occult and Christmas holiday fare.
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
The Barnes & Noble ReviewThe murder of three antiroyalists drives the plot of Shannon Drake's historical romance set in the late 1800s, and so does an unlikely romance between a gently raised orphan and a very handsome highwayman. An encounter with the notorious highwayman would send most young Victorian women over the edge, but not Ally Grayson. Still, in a single week, she's been waylaid by the highwayman, found out she was engaged to a stranger (one who couldn't bother to show up for the engagement party), and been cursed. So much for the quiet, genteel life. It turns out both the highwayman and her fiancé, Mark Farrow, are on the hunt for the murderer. Ally seems attracted to both men -- until she realizes Mark is the highwayman. He's determined to keep her out of danger; she's determined not to be shut out of the investigation. She has a few theories of her own. Naturally they put her life in jeopardy, as do the family secrets that must never be revealed. (Note: Shannon Drake is the name Heather Graham uses for her historicals.) Ginger Curwen