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A chambermaid in the house of Tremeshton, Faris Shayhan well knew torment, despair, and trepidation. To Faris it seemed the future stretched long and desolate before her—as bleak and dark as a lonesome midnight path. Still, the moon oft casts hopeful luminosity to light one’s way. So it was that Lady Maranda Rockrimmon cast hope upon Faris—set Faris upon a different path—a path of happiness, serenity, and love.

Thus Faris abandoned the tainted air at Tremeshton in favor of the amethyst sunsets of Loch Loland Castle and her new mistress, Lady Rockrimmon. Further, it was on the very night of her emancipation that Faris first met the man of her dreams—the man of every woman’s dreams—the rogue Highwayman of Tanglewood.

Dressed in black and astride his mighty steed, the brave, heroic, and dashing rogue Highwayman of Tanglewood stole Faris’s heart as easily as he stole her kiss. Yet the Highwayman of Tanglewood was encircled in mystery—mystery as thick and as secretive as time itself. Could Faris truly own the heart of a man so thoroughly enveloped in twilight shadows and mysterious secrets?

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Faris gasped as a gloved hand suddenly covered her mouth from behind. “Be still. The Highwayman of Tanglewood owns ya now.”

Faris smiled as he whispered, “Do not struggle. I’ll not harm ya, lass. I simply intend…to have ya. Come away with me, sweet Faris,” the Highwayman whispered. “What say ye?”

“I say, who are you, Highwayman?” Faris breathed, unable to believe the euphoric spell he was weaving over her. All romantic thoughts of knights riding to win the fair lady were driven from her mind. A rogue’s manner was vastly more delightful!

“Aye! But that ye should know, sweet Faris,” the Highwayman whispered.

“I know you not, sir,” Faris said in a whisper. “Surely I would remember such a shape of a man.”

“Indeed, would ya, lass?” he asked.

“I would, sir,” she answered.

“’Tis well ya know who I am, fair Faris,” he whispered, kissing her neck again. “I am the Highwayman of Tanglewood.”