The Untamed Bride (36 page)

New York Times
bestselling author STEPHANIE LAURENS began writing as an escape from the dry world of professional science, a hobby that quickly became a career. Her novels set in Regency England have captivated readers around the globe, making her one of the romance world’s most beloved and popular authors.
The Untamed Bride
is her fortieth work, and the first in The Black Cobra Quartet.

Readers can contact Stephanie via e-mail at
slaurens
@
vicnet.net.au.

For information on all Stephanie’s books, including updates on novels yet to come, visit Stephanie’s website at
www.stephanielaurens.com.

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By Stephanie Laurens

T
HE
U
NTAMED
B
RIDE

Coming Soon

T
HE
E
LUSIVE
B
RIDE

Bastion Club Novels

M
ASTERED
B
Y
L
OVE
• T
HE
E
DGE OF
D
ESIRE

B
EYOND
S
EDUCTION
• T
O
D
ISTRACTION

A F
INE
P
ASSION
• A L
ADY OF
H
IS
O
WN

A G
ENTLEMAN’S
H
ONOR
• T
HE
L
ADY
C
HOSEN

C
APTAIN
J
ACK’S
W
OMAN

Cynster Novels

T
EMPTATION AND
S
URRENDER
• W
HERE THE
H
EART
L
EADS

T
HE
T
ASTE OF
I
NNOCENCE
• W
HAT
P
RICE
L
OVE
?

T
HE
T
RUTH
A
BOUT
L
OVE
• T
HE
I
DEAL
B
RIDE

T
HE
P
ERFECT
L
OVER
• O
N A
W
ICKED
D
AWN

O
N A
W
ILD
N
IGHT
• T
HE
P
ROMISE IN A
K
ISS

A
LL
A
BOUT
P
ASSION
• A
LL
A
BOUT
L
OVE

A S
ECRET
L
OVE
• A R
OGUE’S
P
ROPOSAL

S
CANDAL’S
B
RIDE
• A R
AKE’S
V
OW

D
EVIL’S
B
RIDE

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

THE UNTAMED BRIDE
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Adobe Digital Edition September 2009 ISBN 978-0-06-196001-7

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