1775—the Shenandoah Valley, Staunton, Virginia

Samuel Wheeler is an ordinary wagonmaster by day, a masked vigilante by night, but what started as a lark has gotten out of hand. He hardly sleeps, his secret identity has taken over his life, and the girl he loves barely notices him while his alter ego sets her aflutter.

Sally Brewster works hard at her parents’ inn, nestled in the lower Shenandoah Valley, along the Great Wagon Road that runs from Philadelphia down through the Carolinas. She pays little mind to the gossip about the mysterious highwayman who lately makes life difficult for the redcoats—until the night when the heroic figure saves her from brigands.

[The third edition contains a revised version of the story which appeared as a Forget-Me-Not release and in The Most Eligible Bachelor Collection. The series will continue with re-releases of "Defending Truth" from A Pioneer Christmas Collection and "The Counterfeit Tory" from Backcountry Brides.]