Kerrigan Byrne writes dark historical romance with criminal pasts, secrets and high-stakes danger surrounding the central relationship. The Highwayman opens the Victorian Rebels series with Farah Mackenzie and the feared Dorian Blackwell, whose shared history connects a respectable adult life with childhood trauma and the criminal underworld. The Hunter, The Highlander and later books follow other men shaped by violence, espionage or social exclusion, pairing them with heroines who have their own forms of vulnerability and resistance. Byrne also writes Goode Girls romances and historical romantic suspense outside the original series. Her books are dramatic, explicit and more violent than light Regency comedy, with mystery and revenge often sharing space with the romance. They fit Victorian romance, dark historical romance and romantic suspense. Read more Less