Maiden Bride. Deborah Simmons

      Table of Contents

       Cover Page

       Praise

       Excerpt

       Dear Reader

       Title Page

       About The Author

       Dedication

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Chapter Nineteen

       Chapter Twenty

       Epilogue

       Copyright

      Praise for

      Deborah Simmons other works

       Taming the Wolf

      “…funny, challenging and exciting…5

s”

      —Affaire de Coeur

      “…thrilling,…a breathless love story…41/2”

      —Romantic times

       The Vicar’s Daughter

      “…absolutely wonderful!…You won’t be able to put it down!”—Affaire de Coeur

      “this one has found a place on my shelf for keepers.”

      —Rendezvous

       The Devil’s Lady

      “Deborah Simmons guarantees the reader a page-turner…”

      —Romantic Times

       the Squire’s Daughter

      “…a priceless gem…warms the heart and cheers the spirit…”

      —Affaire de Coeur

      “If he has done more than hold

      your hand, I will kill you both,”

      he promised, his voice a guttural bark.

      

      His gaze never left her, bright and probing and denying her innocence. “Perhaps you did not realize that ‘tis not wise to be alone with a man!” He spat the words out as if they tasted foul upon his tongue.

      

      “We were talking, nothing more!” Gillian protested, alarmed by the look in his glittering depths. “Trust you not your own guard?”

      

      “Nay! I trust no one when it comes to you!” Nicholas growled, taking a step toward her.

      

      Comprehension dawned slowly, laced with so much disbelief that Gillian shook her head, as if dazed. Regarding him with wide-eyed wonder, she whispered the truth. “You are jealous.”

      

      He flinched, but did not deny it. “You are mine, body and soul, and you had best remember it!”

      Dear Reader,

      

      Whether writing atmospheric Medievals or sexy Regencies, Deborah Simmons continues to delight readers with her romantic stories, be they dark and brooding or light and full of fun. In this month’s Maiden Bride, the sequel to The Devil’s Lady, Nicholas de Laci transfers his blood lust to his enemy’s niece, Gillian, his future wife by royal decree. Don’t miss this wonderful tale.

      Fans of Romantic Times Career Achievement Award winner Veronica Sattler will be thrilled to see this month’s reissue of her Worldwide Library release, Jesse’s Lady. We hope you’ll enjoy this exciting story of a young heiress and her handsome guardian who must survive the evil machinations of her bastard brother and a jealous temptress before they can find happiness.

      Beloved Outcast by Pat Tracy is a dramatic Western about an Eastern spinster who is hired by a man with a notorious reputation to tutor his adopted daughter. And our fourth book this month is The Wager by Sally Cheney, the story of a young Englishwoman who reluctantly falls in love with a man who won her in a game of cards.

      We hope you’ll keep a lookout for all four titles wherever Harlequin Historicals are sold. Sincerely,

      

      Tracy Farrell

      Senior Editor

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