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  At last he could love, had found his love, and his love had found him.

  It wasn’t supposed to have been like this.

  That’s what he had thought, but now he knew better.

  This was precisely how it was supposed to be.

  About the Author

  New York Times bestselling author STEPHANIE LAURENS specializes in writing historical romances set in Regency England. Mastered By Love is her thirty-ninth such work and her eighth and last in a group of novels about the members of the exclusive Bastion Club, first introduced in her novel The Lady Chosen.

  Readers can write to Stephanie c/o The Publicity Department, Avon Books, HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022-5299, or via e-mail to [email protected].

  For information on Stephanie’s books, visit Stephanie’s website at www.stephanielaurens.com.

  Visit www.AuthorTracker.com for exclusive information on your favorite HarperCollins author.

  Enter the World of Stephanie Laurens

  The Bastion Club Novels*

  #1 THE LADY CHOSEN • #2 A GENTLEMAN’S HONOR

  #3 A LADY OF HIS OWN • #4 A FINE PASSION

  #5 TO DISTRACTION • #6 BEYOND SEDUCTION

  #7 THE EDGE OF DESIRE

  CAPTAIN JACK’S WOMAN (prequel)

  The Cynster Novels

  TEMPTATION AND SURRENDER • WHERE THE HEART LEADS

  THE TASTE OF INNOCENCE • WHAT PRICE LOVE?

  THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE • THE IDEAL BRIDE

  THE PERFECT LOVER • THE PROMISE IN A KISS

  ON A WICKED DAWN • ON A WILD NIGHT

  ALL ABOUT PASSION • ALL ABOUT LOVE

  A SECRET LOVE • A ROGUE’S PROPOSAL

  SCANDAL’S BRIDE • A RAKE’S VOW • DEVIL’S BRIDE

  Coming Soon

  THE UNTAMED BRIDE

  Also Available the Anthologies

  IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT • HERO, COME BACK

  SECRETS OF A PERFECT NIGHT • SCOTTISH BRIDES

  Copyright

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

  MASTERED BY LOVE. Copyright © 2009 by Savdek Management Proprietory Ltd. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

  Adobe Digital Edition June 2009 ISBN 978-0-06-189312-4

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  * See members list on The Bastion Club

 


 

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