Pale Moon Rider

by Marsha Canham

He lived by night--the dark, dangerous highwayman who stole her heart.... "It was a fine night for treachery, dark with a pale moon rising...." Like a wraith he appeared in the Coventry night, the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440222591
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Dell
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 1.3" x 4.5"

Customer Reviews

Simply great

I'm a recent convert to Marsha Canham's work and I love her style. Epic in scope and meticulous in detail, her well-written historical novels are an invitation to another world for a few hours, and I've enjoyed every trip I've taken with her.Pale Moon Rider is no exception to that rule. It's a swashbuckling tale of a resourceful beauty in distress and a reluctant highwayman hero drawn against his will into a scheme to save her from a truly unpleasant fate. If you haven't read any Marsha Canham before, you're in for a treat with Pale Moon Rider. If you have read her other works, then smile, because you've got another great one to look forward to!

Wonderful highwayman-theme historical romance

I have been a strong fan of Marsha Canham. I loved this book. At first I thought that Captain Starlight was an ordinary 'Robin Hood' but he is not that type of highwayman. This Tyrone Hart is not ordinary. He is literate and he can play the piano very well. The love between Tyrone and Renee paces very quickly. Their adventures are breathtakingly thrilling. The intrigues are well created. The sensuality is sizzling. There are quite descriptive sex scenes. One and only flaw of this book is an unaccuracy in historical fact that Chopin wasn't born until 1810 and the setting of this story is 1796. I didn't know why this occurred to the author who is otherwise very accurate when it comes to historical facts. I hope she will fix it if there is to be a reissue. After all Marsha Canham never disappoints me. I would highly recommend this book.

A wonderful romantic story.

After reading Marsha Canham's The Pride of Lions, I was quite put off by her writing, but I decided to give her another chance. Since reading Pale Moon Rider I have not left a single one of her books unread. Pale Moon Rider was wonderful.I loved the highwayman plot, and I thought it was interesting that Tyrone wasn't the kind of Robin Hood character, that doesn't steel for himself but gives his riches away. Tyrone made no secret of the fact that he stole for the joy of stealing. I enjoyed that immensly.The characters were all wonderful. The interactions between Renee and Tyrone were marvolously done, it was easy to see what they were feeling and why. Tyrone was very human and I liked that, often he was injured but he didn't just miracoulously heal like heroes have a tendancy to do. His injuries affected the plot. Renee was wonderful too, she was smart and honest and wasn't overly stubborn or fiesty like many heroines are. I liked the part about her past, and her relationship with her brother.The plot of the book was fast paced and exciting, although ending seemed a little bit hasty and left a few threads hanging. The richness of the characters and the plot more than made up for the weaknesses.Altogether I thought this book was marvoulous. It's a definate "keeper."

Audacious Hero, Plenty of Swashbuckling Adventure

If you like swashbuckling tales, you'll love this one. The hero is a highwayman, and the heroine is a refugee from the French Revolution.Tyrone aka Captain Starlight doesn't know what to make of Renee. He knows she is trying to help the authorities capture Starlight. Yet at the same time, she doesn't want to see him captured.With a plot like this, "Pale Moon Rider" could have turned into another romance about a bitter hero who feels betrayed. Luckily, Marsha Canham avoided that trap. Just as Tyrone avoids a number of traps as well...Also, except for the little "Chopin" slip, this is a well-researched romance.I gave this book Desert Isle Keeper status at All About Romance.

Canham delivers another first-rate historical romance

As a longtime fan of Marsha Canham, I was thrilled by the release of PALE MOON RIDER. Canham writes vivid, complex, lusty romances with some of the best heroes and heroines in the genre. Highwayman Tyrone Hart is a prototypical Canham hero -- strong, yet willing to be vulnerable in matters of the heart. Renee D'Anton, a survivor of the French revolution, is his perfect match. When I've finished a Canham romance I always feel that I not only know her characters, but will remember them. The little thrill I felt upon mention of the name Eduard FitzRandwulf, the hero of her novel IN THE SHADOW OF MIDNIGHT, is proof of her characters' staying power. In PALE MOON RIDER, Marsha only made one small, eminently forgivable faux pas: she had Tyrone playing Chopin before Chopin was born!