Honor Among Thieves begins with Honor, the heroine, making a trip to New Mexico to visit her brother, Fergus. Her trip goes well until she reaches Santa Fe where ‘an outlaw’ enters her carriage uninvited and threatens her not to continue her journey to Fergus. Honor persists making mental plans to enlist military aide to escort her to her brother’s ranch. Though she has planned well, still the outlaw, K.D. interrupts her plans with plans of his own. Honor tries to get K.D. arrested, but he kidnaps her and takes her to the ranch. En route Honor learns that K.D isn’t as bad as she made him out to be.

As the book progresses, she learns that K.D., though wanted in the States for treason, did nothing that an outstanding citizen would not do in the same situation. She also learns that he was Fergus’ partner and best friend. Fergus is being held captive in his own hacienda by a real outlaw who steals all that belongs to him and his wife, Felicia, and K.D.’s own son, Roddy. Honor won’t stand for the outlaw’s behavior so Felicia and she look for ways to allude Mangus, the real outlaw, and free the others that he is holding. K.D. and Honor fall in love but it doesn’t seem that they will ever be a couple as Honor must return to Virginia to clear up some inheritance issues and K.D. can’t return to the States because of his record.

If there is ever a book that deserves a 5-quill rating it is Honor Among Thieves. The story moves along very quickly making it hard to put down and the action and events cause the reader to push on. The descriptions are so realistic that your emotions get a workout. Some scenes keep the reader on the edge of his chair or biting her fingernails. The more graphic scenes are very tastefully presented in a way that would be true to that century. This book should not be passed over as it will capture and keep the attention of the reader. This read is worth ever minute.

Reviewed By Julie Thomas-Zucker
© March 2005