Sue R. (zuzu) reviewed on 11/27/2006 + 152 more book reviews

Meredith Trelawney, has had to resort to smuggling in order to pay off the debts of her deceased, spendthrift husband and restore the family estate. But she also relishes the challenge and excitement it brings her. Something that Damien, Lord Rutherford notices when he spies an encounter between Merrie's band of smugglers and the Crown revenuers. He's come to Cornwall to look over an estate left to him by a distant relative and to try to relieve the boredom into which his life has sunk since his involuntary retirement from soldiering in the Peninsula. When he meets Merrie in company, he first thinks she's a dowdy widow then begins to see the game she plays with her neighbors to throw them off the scent of what she really does. He's not stupid and quickly puts the pieces together as he begins to fall in love with this unusual and delightful woman. Merrie quickly starts to return his affections even if she resists the idea
of anything permanent between them. After all, he is the heir of a Duke and her lineage can't begin to match his. Damien refuses to give up and plots her downfall into matrimony. Sparks fly, wills collide, and the action moves to London as Damien and Merrie battle each other on the path to their future.

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