The Highwayman - Kerrigan Byrne

They're rebels, scoundrels, and blackguards-dark, dashing men on the wrong side of the law. But for the women who love them, a hint of danger only makes the heart beat faster, in the stunning debut historical romance The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne.

Dorian Blackwell, the Blackheart of Ben More, is a ruthless villain. Scarred and hard-hearted, Dorian is one of Victorian London's wealthiest, most influential men who will stop at nothing to wreak vengeance on those who've wronged him...and will fight to the death to seize what he wants. The lovely, still innocent widow Farah Leigh Mackenzie is no exception-and soon Dorian whisks the beautiful lass away to his sanctuary in the wild Highlands...

But Farah is no one's puppet. She possesses a powerful secret-one that threatens her very life. When being held captive by Dorian proves to be the only way to keep Farah safe from those who would see her dead, Dorian makes Farah a scandalous proposition: marry him for protection in exchange for using her secret to help him exact revenge on his enemies. But what the Blackheart of Ben More never could have imagined is that Farah has terms of her own, igniting a tempestuous desire that consumes them both. Could it be that the woman he captured is the only one who can touch the black heart he'd long thought dead?

My thought:

At times I wondered if Dorian was too dark, too scarred. He really is effed up, and he is a killer. But, but his vengeance always had a reason! But he was a killer, BUT, those motherf***ers deserved it.

Yup Dorian spent his youth in prison, then he created a criminal empire. 

Farah ran away as a child, she pretends she is a widow, and she works as a secretary for Scotland Yard.

Not two people that should know each other, but something ties them together, well an obvious thing as soon as you start reading. So, well he kidnaps her *facepalm*, but he has a good reason as she is in danger. And he is nice to her, he is just so effed up, awww, dang it, yes I like the effed up ones, you just want to hug them and make it better. Of course it would take this guy therapy and not just a roll around the sack to get better, but hey it's a romance.

Conclusion:
There is romance, passion, danger and hidden secrets. And then they lived happily ever after. 

Cover
So yellow

Kindle Edition, 379 pages
Published September 1st 2015 by St. Martin's Paperbacks
Victorian Rebels #1
Historical romance
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