A SWASHBUCKLING TALE OF A BEAUTIFUL PICKPOCKET AND THE NOTORIOUS HIGHWAYMANWHO KIDNAPS HER, THEN TAMES HER WITH PASSION...Alone and penniless after the Great Plague of London, young Desire Guildfordturned pickpocket rather than sell her body on the streets. But she pickedthe wrong pocket when she stole from highwayman Morgan Trenchard. Morganreturned for his valuables-and for the green-eyed beauty who had dared tobest him, carrying her off with him on his stallion. Forced to take part inMorgan's life of daring adventure, Desire found herself dangerouslyfascinated by the darkly charismatic man who held her captive, by the hungerin his eyes when he looked at her, and by the answering flame in her ownheart... From the poverty of London's back streets to the elegance of KingCharles' court, from the tragedy of the Great Plague to the epic disaster ofLondon's. Great Fire, here is Diana Haviland at her unforgettable best!