The Highwayman

The writing is pretty strong and I really felt emotionally connected to the characters. Book started off so strong. This also gave me Beauty and the Beast vibes (complete with the kidnapping lol) and I didn't hate that but it did have some tropes that personally didn't work for me. Specifically, the damaged hero deciding for the heroine that he's not good enough for her. Sooo much of that here.

Still, I'm going to give the second book a shot and maybe even a different series by the author. Not ready to give up just yet!