The tumultuous saga of a beautiful young woman's surrender to excitement darker than she had ever imagined -- and to a love more passionate than she had ever dreamed. A daring plot to escape an arranged marriage of convenience and a heist of the king's taxes set the stage for this atmospheric historical romance. Sending a servant girl to the altar in her place, Victoria takes on the jilted lover of her look-alike -- who turns out to be the infamous highwayman Scarblade. As fate would have it, he is none other than the very spokesman from the American colonies whose cause Victoria's father has championed, thereby losing favor with the crown.