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When King Henry VIII, frustrated with his own marital failures, decrees that a wily nobleman must wed a vagabond woman who stole the king's horse, he sets a dangerous experiment in motion. Stephen de Lacey, a cold, bitter widower accustomed to the king’s whims, reluctantly agrees, viewing the new bride as a nuisance yet undeniably alluring. Juliana Romanov, however, is no mere thief; she is a Russian princess who has fled to England after her family was murdered by a treacherous cabal. Her hope is to return to Muscovy to seek vengeance, but in England, the mock marriage with Stephen gradually transforms into a profound, unexpected love.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Susan Childress
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