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Known for her shocking love affairs, Christina Wentworth-Gibbons, the celebrated mistress of the Crown Prince and an intimate of Oscar Wilde, meets her match in the Brighton Bandit. The Last Highwayman is part of the New York Times Bestselling The Last Highwayman series, with the second installment, Silent Surrender, continuing the series with more intense romantic tension. This tale of forbidden love and forbidden secrets is set against the backdrop of the regency era, where secrets are whispered and alliances are formed in a world where true love is never taken lightly.
First publish date: 1993
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Katherine O'Neal
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