Miss Chelsea Bellamy is desperateHer beloved brother is being held for ransom! Impoverished after the deaths of her parents, Chelsea doesnt have five shillings, never mind the five hundred pounds the kidnappers are demanding. With no one to turn to, she resorts to highway robbery to raise the sum.Lord Anthony Grenville is boredViscount Montroses coach is overtaken by a highwaymanwho turns out to be no man at all! Anthony hasnt been this intrigued by anything, or anyone, since his return from the war. And when he catches the flame-haired thief breaking into his London house to further fill her coffers, he plans to rescue her brotherand resolves to seduce her into his bed!Their passion is mutualChelsea accepts Anthonys aid, but shell never become his mistresseven if the thought of it fills her veins with liquid fire.
