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by Stephanie Laurens


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  Then the baton was seized and the danger continued in

  Volume 3: THE DAREDEVIL SNARED

  Captain Caleb Frobisher, hedonistic youngest son of a seafaring dynasty, wants to be taken seriously by his family, and understands he has to prove himself sufficiently reformed. When opportunity strikes, he seizes the next leg of the covert mission his brothers have been pursuing and sails to Freetown. His actions are decisive, and he completes the mission’s next stage—but responsibility, once exercised, has taken root, and he remains in the jungle to guard the captives whose rescue is the mission’s ultimate goal.

  Katherine Fortescue has fled the life of poverty her wastrel father had bequeathed her and come to Freetown as a governess, only to be kidnapped and put to work overseeing a child workforce at a mine. She and the other captured adults understand that their lives are limited by the life of the mine. Guarded by well-armed and well-trained mercenaries, the captives have been searching for some means of escape, but in vain. Then Katherine meets a handsome man—a captain—in the jungle, and he and his crew bring the sweet promise of rescue.

  The sadistic mercenary captain who runs the mine has other ideas, but Caleb’s true strength lies in extracting advantage from adversity, and through the clashes that follow, he matures into the leader of men he was always destined to be. The sort of man Katherine can trust—with her body, with her life. With her love.

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  The first voyage was one of exploration, the second one of discovery. The third journey brought maturity, while the fourth is a voyage of second chances. Continue the journey and follow the adventure, the mystery, and the romances to the thrilling end.

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  Volume 4: LORD OF THE PRIVATEERS

  The eldest of the Frobisher brothers and widely known as the lord of the privateers, Royd Frobisher expects to execute the final leg of the rescue mission his brothers have been pursuing. What he does not expect is to be pressured into taking his emotional nemesis, childhood sweetheart, ex-handfasted bride, and current business partner, Isobel Carmichael, with him. But is it Isobel doing the pressuring, or his own restless unfulfilled psyche?

  Resolute, determined, and an all but unstoppable force of nature, Isobel has a mission of her own—find her cousin Katherine and bring her safely home. And if, along the way, she can rid herself of the lingering dreams of a life with Royd that still haunt her, well and good.

  Neither expects the shock that awaits them as they set sail aboard Royd’s ship, much less the new horizons that open before them as they call into London, then, armed with the necessary orders and all arrangements in place, embark on a full-scale rescue-assault on the mining compound buried in the jungle.

  Yet even with the support of his brothers and their ladies and, once rescued, all the ex-captives, Royd and Isobel discover that freeing the captives is only half the battle. In order to identify and convict the backers behind the illicit enterprise—and protect the government from catastrophic destabilization—they must return to the ballrooms of the haut ton, and with the help of a small army of supporters, hunt the villains on their home ground.

  But having found each other again, having glimpsed the heaven that could be theirs again, how much are they willing to risk in the name of duty?

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  AND MORE…

  COMING IN 2017

  THE DEVIL’S BROOD TRILOGY

  Three Cynster Novels telling the tales of three scintillating romances, laced with intrigue and mystery, as Devil Cynster’s three children are drawn into a mission to assist Drake Varisey, heir to the Duke of Wolverstone, neutralize a threat to the realm.

  THE LADY BY HIS SIDE (coming March 9, 2017)

  AN IRRESISTIBLE ALLIANCE (coming May 11, 2017)

  THE GREATEST CHALLENGE OF THEM ALL (coming July 13, 2017)

  Also by Stephanie Laurens

  Cynster Novels

  Devil’s Bride

  A Rake’s Vow

  Scandal’s Bride

  A Rogue’s Proposal

  A Secret Love

  All About Love

  All About Passion

  On A Wild Night

  On A Wicked Dawn

  The Perfect Lover

  The Ideal Bride

  The Truth About Love

  What Price Love?

  The Taste of Innocence

  Temptation and Surrender

  Cynster Sisters Trilogy

  Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue

  In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster

  The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae

  Cynster Sisters Duo

  And Then She Fell

  The Taming of Ryder Cavanaugh

  Cynster Special

  The Promise in a Kiss

  By Winter’s Light

  Cynster Next Generation Novels

  The Tempting of Thomas Carrick

  A Match for Marcus Cynster

  The Lady By His Side (coming March 9, 2017)

  An Irresistible Alliance (coming May 11, 2017)

  The Greatest Challenge of Them All (coming July 13, 2017)

  The Casebook of Barnaby Adair Novels

  Where the Heart Leads

  The Peculiar Case of Lord Finsbury’s Diamonds

  The Masterful Mr. Montague

  The Curious Case of Lady Latimer’s Shoes

  Loving Rose: The Redemption of Malcolm Sinclair

  Bastion Club Novels

  Captain Jack’s Woman (Prequel)

  The Lady Chosen

  A Gentleman’s Honor

  A Lady of His Own

  A Fine Passion

  To Distraction

  Beyond Seduction

  The Edge of Desire

  Mastered by Love

  Black Cobra Quartet

  The Untamed Bride

  The Elusive Bride

  The Brazen Bride

  The Reckless Bride

  The Adventurers Quartet

  The Lady’s Command

  A Buccaneer at Heart

  The Daredevil Snared

  Lord of the Privateers (coming Dec 2016)

  Other Novels

  The Lady Risks All

  Novellas

  Melting Ice – from the anthologies Rough Around the Edges and Scandalous Brides

  Rose in Bloom – from the anthology Scottish Brides

  Scandalous Lord Dere – from the anthology Secrets of a Perfect Night

  Lost and Found – from the anthology Hero, Come Back

  The Fall of Rogue Gerrard – from the anthology It Happened One Night

  The Seduction of Sebastian Trantor – from the anthology It Happened One Season

  Short Stories

  The Wedding Planner – from the anthology Royal Weddings

  A Return Engagement – from the anthology Royal Bridesmaids

  UK-Style Regency Romances

  Tangled Reins

  Four in Hand

  Impetuous Innocent

  Fair Juno

  The Reasons for Marriage

  A Lady of Expectations

  An Unwilling Conquest

  A Comfortable Wife

  Medieval (writing as M.S. Laurens)

  Desire’s Prize

  About the Author

  #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens began writing romances as an escape from the dry world of professional science. Her hobby quickly became a career when her first novel was accepted for publication, and with entirely becoming alacrity, she gave up writing about facts in favor of writing fiction.

  All Laurens’s works to date are historical romances, ranging from medieval times to the mid-1800s, and her settings range from Scotland to India. The majority of her works are set in the period of the Brit
ish Regency. Laurens has published more than 60 works of historical romance, including 37 New York Times bestsellers. Laurens has sold more than 20 million print, audio, and e-books globally. All her works are continuously available in print and e-book formats in English worldwide, and have been translated into many other languages. An international bestseller, among other accolades, Laurens has received the Romance Writers of America® prestigious RITA® Award for Best Romance Novella 2008 for The Fall of Rogue Gerrard.

  Laurens’s continuing novels featuring the Cynster family are widely regarded as classics of the historical romance genre. Other series include the Bastion Club Novels, the Black Cobra Quartet, and the Casebook of Barnaby Adair Novels. All her previous works remain available in print and all e-book formats.

  For information on all published novels and on upcoming releases and updates on novels yet to come, visit Stephanie’s website: www.stephanielaurens.com

  To sign up for Stephanie’s Email Newsletter (a private list) for heads-up alerts as new books are released, exclusive sneak peeks into upcoming books, and exclusive sweepstakes contests, follow the prompts at Stephanie’s Email Newsletter Sign-up Page

  Stephanie can also be followed on Amazon through her Author Page. Click here to follow her.

  Stephanie lives with her husband and two cats in the hills outside Melbourne, Australia. When she isn’t writing, she’s reading, and if she isn’t reading, she’ll be tending her garden.

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