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For Nicholas de Laci, the perfect bride to fill the aching need in his soul. With her tainted blood, Gillian Hexham would at last satisfy the raw hunger that near consumed him. Only in ways he could never imagine! A romance of revenge and forbidden love.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Deborah Simmons
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