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Consumed with hatred, Captain Nicholas Randolf Barlow pledges revenge against Bristol's gentry for the cruelty they inflicted on him and his friends when they were young orphans struggling to survive on the cruel city streets. Disguised as Nicholas Barlow, a ruthless, old businessman during the day, the Flintlock Brigand's leader at night, and Captain Randolf, in between, Nicholas works above suspicion to abscond with the gentry's possessions and to legally ruin the constables who failed to show the orphans mercy when they needed it most.For the past twelve years, Diana Fleming, daughter of one of Bristol's wealthiest gentry, lived a simple, yet happy life in a small abbey far away from the bustling city. Her father who was wracked with grief when her mother died, could not bear to be reminded of his loss, and sent his only daughter away to live in solitude. Diana, not willing to fade away quietly, finds comfort and purpose in tending the orphans of the abbey. When the small sanctuary is ordered to close, Diana returns to Bristol to beg her father for help with the raising of her ten orphan children, but instead discovers that her father died because of Nicholas Barlow. Now penniless and desperate, she's determined to destroy the man who murdered her father.Nicholas's archenemy's daughter impresses him with her bartering skills and convinces him to rent her one of his homes. When he learns that she intends to raise a group of orphans on her own, his heart softens. As the Flintlock Brigand's leader he delivers much needed supplies to her at night. During the day, Captain Randolf helps her with the children. If she discovers that all three men are really the same man--the one she blames for her father's death--she will loath him for all eternity.Can Nicholas forgo his vengeance and be truthful to Diana about his identity? Will Diana be able to forgive him, or will she hate him forever?