The Prince of Midnight

A true storyteller, Laura Kinsale has managed to break all the rules of standard romance

writing and come away shining.

-San Diego Union-Tribune

Intent on revenge, she is seeking only to learn how to kill...

Lady Leigh Strachan has dressed as a boy and crossed all of France in search of her family's killer. Her only wish is to be trained to kill so she can avenge their deaths at the hands of a demented cult leader.

Nobleman and highwayman, he's in hiding now, and desperately lonely...

The reclusive S.T. Maitland, nobleman and highwayman, was once known as the Prince of Midnight. Now he's hiding out in a crumbling castle in France with a tame wolf as his pet. He is deaf in one ear, suffers from vertigo, and is desperately longing for a woman's company. He seems revoltingly sentimental to the stoic Lady Leigh...

But when they're forced onto a quest together, she discovers the dangerous and vital man behind the reputation, and he finds a way to touch her ice-cold heart...

The acknowledged master.

-Albany Times-Union

"Readers should be enchanted." -Publishers Weekly

Intent on revenge, she comes to him to learn the art of killing. He, nobleman and highwayman, is in hiding, and desperately lonely...

In the late 18th century, intent on avenging her family's death at the hands of a cult leader, Lady Leigh Strachan dresses as a boy and seeks out the reclusive S.T. Maitland, nobleman and highwayman, who was once known as the Prince of Midnight. Hiding in a crumbling castle in France, with a tame wolf as his pet, the hero is deaf in one ear, suffers from vertigo, and seems revoltingly sentimental to the stoic Leigh. But he joins her quest and together they begin to emerge from their individual suffering ...

As always Laura Kinsale delivers a powerful, unique romance laced with passion, danger, and compelling characters. The Prince of Midnight is a wonderful tale of a most unusual highwayman and his lady. Readers will fall in love with the hero and that's the hallmark of a first-rate romance.

-Amanda Quick, author of Surrender