The Highwayman's Letter

Sons of Somerset, Book 5

By: Martha Keyes

Narrated by: Abigail Langham

He waylays her carriage and runs off with her property. Can she keep him from stealing her heart as well?

By day, Reginald Sinclair works in the post office, but by night, he is the increasingly infamous Paladin, the gallant highwayman making young women swoon all over Somerset. With a vendetta against the wealthy that spans both past and present, Reggie's escapades allow him to take justice into his own hands while helping his uncle avoid insolvency.

Joanna Carmichael's father has finally chosen her a husband. While she is not thrilled with her father's selection, Joanna understands it as a business arrangement, something which suits her practicality perfectly. Her father hopes her good sense will exercise a beneficial effect upon her younger sister, Frances, who is regrettably prone to romantics. Frances's preoccupation with reports of the Paladin threaten to overshadow Joanna's coolheaded example, but Joanna is determined to show her sister how foolish and unworthy of admiration the outlaw is.

During their encounter, though, the maddening highwayman takes an item of Joanna's—then has the audacity to send her a letter with instructions on how to recover it, beginning a battle of wills that brings Reggie within reach of the people responsible for his family's ruin and forces Joanna to reconsider the desirability of her business arrangement.

©2021 Martha Keyes (P)2023 Paradigm Press

so good

very much liked the story, start to finish well written different from what if been seeing out there lately

Fantastic story!

I love this story! The reader was good but I wish her male voices were more masculine - especially the main lead. The plot was awesome and the characters were very well developed. It was such a fun listen! I’ll definitely be listening to it again!

Slow to start but it picks up

This book was very slow to take off for me, and I came close to DNF’ing it. I didn’t much care for either MC and that probably played a big part of it… The story picks up, though, and despite a fairly insta-love romance and a rather convenient ending, it managed to claw it’s way up to 4 stars. I eventually became quite invested in how it would all play out, and I finished the book with far more speed and interest than I started.

The MC is a highwayman, and his sketchy morals are what caused my initial dislike of him. There’s a lot of self justification, but I appreciate that Keyes ultimately doesn’t let his shady ethics stand, but rather brings him to a place of repentance.

Content:
There is no foul language, sex, or violence. The romance is limited to lightly descriptive kisses. There is no mention of faith or God.