Midnight Mask: A Bandit's Kiss

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Summary: A charming tale of a passionate lover and his prey.
Review: Charles Boynton has loved Marguerite Lennox for years, and she has not given him a bit of encouragement. His unrequited passion has driven him to write poetry that has been received avidly by the ladies of the community. Marguerite has endured a repressive, loveless marriage for several years, and even her husband's death does not free her. People suspect that she did away with her husband herself, thus gaining her the nickname of the Poison Widow. The local women are titillated by the Midnight Bandit, a man who recites poetry as he steals. To win Marguerite over, Charles writes to her as the Midnight Bandit. But her dark past is connected with Montagu Renny who is blackmailing her. She feels that she must hide her dark past at all costs.

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Summary: Delightful Adventure, Witty, and Suspenseful!
Review: Ms. Greene writes in such a way that you can visualize the surroundings and what the characters are thinking and feeling. She puts a lot of witty humor into her characters, and they will make you giggle by the way they interact with eachother. A charming story of a widow, Marguerite, trying to heal after a loveless and confining marriage. Her husband died mysteriously, earning her the label of the "Poison Widow." Her childhood friend, Charles, who has never lost the flame of his love for her seeks to find a way back into her heart which is closed tightly after 6 years of a forced marriage to a man secretly involved in the Jacobite cause. Marguerite is afraid to open her heart to love once again, and the last person she believes will teach her the beauty and joy of love is her life-long friend Charles. But through Charles's determined patience and an adventure of murder mystery and intrigue, they both learn to trust again and renew their lives through the healing forgiveness of love. Well paced and intelligently written.