Paulette Forrester

Lord Falcon's Rose in Winter Paulette Forrester

Seeking revenge against the man who ruined his sister, the Earl of Ridgeway masquerades as a highwayman known as the Falcon and kidnaps the man's fiance, lady Isabella Winters. Learning his true identity Bella leaves notes asking for help in the Inns along the road to his country estate. Regretting what he has done to destroy the reputation of an innocent young woman Max marries her. They begin falling in love, but her notes eventually bring the authorities to arrest him. He goes to jail to await his trial and her angry father banishes her to a cottage in the country where she bans all newspapers and town gossip for fear she will hear news of the highwayman she sent to his death. She has a child but keeps her a secret for fear her father or the earl's mother will take her away. After four years in prison, Max searches for his wife and finds she has not only turned her back on him but has hidden his daughter from him. Her joy at seeing Max alive fades as he threatens to take her child away. Will her love for him neutralize the revenge he swears he will exact for the wrong she has done him?