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    The Ruthless Marriage Bid
    The Ruthless Marriage Bid
    The Ruthless Marriage Bid
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    The Ruthless Marriage Bid

    By Elizabeth Power

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    Passionate persuasion

    Taylor's time as Jared Steele's wife was short, but definitely not sweet. Within weeks of their wedding she discovered that Jared had a mistress; and also that she, herself, was pregnant. She lost both the baby and her marriage

    Now Taylor is stunned by Jared's return–and his ruthless claim that he wants her back! And he holds the trump card: he won't grant her a divorce unless she agrees to his demands How long can she hold out against his magnetic sensuality?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers Australia
    Release dateJan 1, 2011
    ISBN9781742897042
    The Ruthless Marriage Bid
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    Elizabeth Power

    English author, Elizabeth Power was first published by Mills and Boon in 1986. Widely travelled, many places she has visited have been recreated in her books.  Living in the beautiful West Country, Elizabeth likes nothing better than walking with her husband in the countryside surrounding her home and enjoying all that nature has to offer. Emotional intensity is paramount in her writing. "Times, places and trends change," she says, "but emotion is timeless."

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