"You mark my words, one day Sara is going to fall for someone quite unsuitable and have her heart broken. It's always the way with females who are considered 'sensible'. " — Everyone agreed Sara Auden was sensible. Until the day her carriage was stopped by a dashing highwayman. She was never the same after that encounter. She could think of nothing else. Then suddenly her highwayman became a guest at her home. He introduced himself as Richard Merrick, Earl of Melford. A friend of her brother's. But Sara knew who he really was--and what he wanted. She also knew her heart skipped a beat every time she saw him. Sara couldn't allow herself to fall in love with a common thief. Or was it already too late for her?