HAS ENGLANDβS MOST INFAMOUS BRIDE THIEF FINALLY MET HIS MATCH?
At six-and-twenty, Samantha Briggeham knew her marital prospects were fading by the season and she was pleased by the thought. She had no intention of being betrothedβ especially against her willβto a man she did not love. She had a plan...and it didnβt include being swept into a pair of powerful arms and spirited away by a masked rider. News of Sammieβs heroic rescue from undesired wedlock turned her into the toast of the ton, wooed by suitors far and wide. But she couldnβt forget the swashbuckling brigand whoβd abducted herβsomething about him intrigued her completely. Then she met Eric Landsdowne, the dashing and seductive Earl of Wesley.
His exploits were legendary, his life filled with danger. He was the elusive Bride Thief, who had his own reasons for helping young women escape the unhappy fate of arranged marriages, and whose true identity was a scrupulously guarded secret. But from the moment he rescued Sammieβonly to discover sheβd already managed to get herself un-betrothedβEric knew he couldnβt lose her a second time. Marriage was out of the question. Which left only one option: A clandestine affair that might lead to scandal, social ruin, and the unmasking of a love-bested legend. . .