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Set in the late 18th‑century French countryside, the story follows Lady Leigh Strachan, whose family is killed by a cult leader. Determined to seek vengeance, she disguises herself as a boy and tracks down the enigmatic S.T. Maitland, a nobleman who lives as a highwayman and was once called the Prince of Midnight.
Maitland hides in a crumbling castle and keeps a tame wolf as a companion. Though deaf in one ear and prone to vertigo, he wears his melancholic sensibility like armor, which initially clashes with Leigh's stoic resolve. Yet, as they pursue the cult's secrets together, each begins to heal from personal trauma.
First publish date: 1991
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Laura Kinsale
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