Grace Eversleigh (probably the prettiest name I've ever read - as weird as that may be) is companion to the dowager Duchess of Wyndham and good friend to the dowager's son, the current duke, Thomas. They live a fairly routine life until the evening that Grace and the dowager become the victim of a highway robbery just after a night out. Jack Audley (I am a huge fan of the name 'Jack') is the highway man responsible for pulling them to a stop, who demonstrates evidence that he was educated and with manners, if they were to go by how he treats them as he's helping both Grace and the dowager out of the carriage. The dowager comes to the conclusion that despite being unable to see his features, the highway man might just possibly be the son of her late son, John Cavendish and implores him to come calling to her at her place as soon as possible. 
 What follows afterwards is the kind of writing that only Julia Quinn can come up with. A kidnapping that results in hilarious banter, a painting being carried back and forth throughout the house because God forbid the dowager just cannot wait, Thomas' understandable confusion and anger at the possibility that he may not be the true Duke of Wyndham, as he'd been led to believe, and Grace and Jack's struggle to keep their attraction to each other at bay. I won't reveal at spoilers, but this was a fun read and Julia, as always, did an excellent job with the dialogue. I will forever be a Julia Quinn fan.