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Name: The child of Judas
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Author: Violet Winspear

When Fenella Fenny’s flighty cousin, Penela, abandons the Greek tycoon Lion Mavrakis at the last moment, Fenella sacks the wedding shoes and marries Lion under false pretences. Lion is initially furious, but ultimately promises to accept her as wife on one condition: within a year she must give him a son, after which Fenella can be set free. The deal is a tense gambit; Fenella has secretly loved Lion from the start, and the prospect of bearing his child under these circumstances threatens to upend her life.

First publish date: 1976

Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance

Authors: Violet Winspear

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