Marian, the Duchess of Clare, turned out to have married a mean dude. The Duke had already married a couple other women and was apparently still married to them. The first Marian learns of this is when she receives a letter asking for 500 pounds to keep the Duke's bigamy a secret. After a lively correspondence with the blackmailer, she tracks him down, drugs him and ties him up in a room in a public house. Then later, when she shoots the Duke, in order to save an adult son of his (by a different wife), she ends up returning to the blackmailer to ask for help escaping into the country, to lie low at the home of her senile father until she finds out if she'll be charged with murder.
The book is a lively adventure of these two souls ‒ Rob, the blackmailer with a soft spot for children and kittens, and Marian, a young woman who has learned not to trust anyone and who isn't afraid to do what needs to be done.
I would characterize this book as a Robin Hood-like adventure set in old days but with modern language, and a good measure of sex thrown in. Definitely a fast read.
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