Maiden Bride

Maiden Bride
Deborah Simmons

Gillian Haxham Soon Learned Her New Lord Was More Wedded To Revenge Than To HerFor Nicholas de Laci had sworn to exact payment for the sins of her uncle. Why, then, did his eyes belie his words, speaking naught of retribution - but promising nights of love? Fate had sent 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… but only in way he could never imagine!

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#u2b99e327-5853-5586-a192-82b153d8668b)

Praise (#ue73e8f03-511e-56e0-bc24-e24f989d5fc5)

Excerpt (#u9b17b257-baab-5de3-bb3e-51f9f04916ef)

Dear Reader (#u0c30ab71-6216-5b0b-832f-1046db1848e7)

Title Page (#u128a04a8-fa01-53ce-bb39-ee1e30940f43)

About The Author (#u26858f24-d585-5aec-98f3-c9a6fd9daf55)

Dedication (#uaa6f6750-9919-5628-8345-b950c639de1f)

Chapter One (#ub9ffe5f9-967f-544a-b9b8-6db4e7d9a4da)

Chapter Two (#udf19f4f7-bc2f-5394-881a-6fa81ca6da3f)

Chapter Three (#u2da9dabf-7d5f-5cdb-8871-f16423598b79)

Chapter Four (#ua7d1ede2-c696-5911-a8be-896506759cac)

Chapter Five (#u247d9695-631a-5dc9-b357-0d6641c4a199)

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Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

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Praise for

Deborah Simmons

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“…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.”

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—Romantic Times

the Squire’s Daughter

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