The Peacock of Bodmin Moor

A dashing, disgraced earl with a hidden purpose clashes with a daring highwaywoman guarding her family’s secrets in Regency Cornwall. When Nicholas Hawke, the charming but ruined Earl of Lanarth, arrives at Pendour House under a cloud of scandal, no one suspects his true mission—unmasking a French smuggling ring threatening England’s shores. But the notorious Black Gull, a masked rider haunting Bodmin Moor, knows more than she lets on. Helena Trenoweth risks everything to protect her father’s name, even if it means outwitting a man who sees through her disguise. As danger closes in, their wits—and their hearts—become the only weapons against treachery. In a world of deception, can trust survive the storm?