Author: Kate Bateman
Series: Her Majesty's Rebels (Book 3)
Publication: St. Martin's Paperbacks (July 29, 2025)
Description: Mistakenly holding up the coach of the man who broke her heart is bad enough, but having to endure his sinfully alluring company all the way to Scotland is Daisy Hamilton’s worst nightmare . . . and her most secret desire.
A midnight mishap.
Daisy Hamilton’s new mission for King & Co., London's premier private investigation firm, is simple: stop heiress Violetta Brand from eloping. But her case is derailed when she mistakenly holds up the carriage of Lucien Vaughan, Duke of Cranford―cynical war hero, infamous libertine, and the very man who broke her heart five years ago.
A reluctant road trip.
Lucien’s determined to see his lovestruck nephew married to Miss Brand, but the unexpected appearance of Daisy― the one woman he’s never been able to forget―could ruin his plans. As they follow the runaway couple together, Lucien decides that delaying the headstrong Daisy by any means possible―including seduction―will be his absolute pleasure . . . and hers.
A dangerous desire.
After Daisy’s reputation is threatened, Lucien makes a scandalous claim, but when an unexpected enemy threatens her life, he realizes she’s the only woman for him. Their past encounters have made Daisy almost as jaded about love as Lucien himself, and it’s going to take action, not words, to convince this knife-wielding hellion to risk her heart on him again...
My Thoughts: Daisy Hamilton's latest job for King & Co. has her holding up a coach to stop a pair of young lovers from eloping to Gretna Green. Unfortunately, she mistakenly comes upon the coach of Lucien Vaughan, Duke of Cranford which is being held up by three highwaymen.
She steps in and then learns of her mistake. The passenger in the coach is Lucien Vaughan, not the young lovers. Vaughan is the man she has always yearned for. He's a friend of her brothers, but he's also a man determined to follow his own rakish path. Unbeknownst to her, he has been secretly trailing the young lovers, one of whom his nephew, to make sure they make it successfully to Gretna Green.
The two team up to chase down the young lovers with Vaughan putting roadblocks up to delay her. Their forced proximity also brings on the heat. The two begin an affair or at least a sexual liaison. Daisy is looking for a man who loves her for a husband and she is sure Vaughan doesn't qualify; Vaughan is not really looking for anything, but Daisy whom he has secretly loved for years is a possible complication for his planned life.
This was an engaging historical romance which is also the final book in a trilogy. I loved the characters and the setting.
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