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The Warrior’s Bride Alliance

Name: The Warrior’s Bride Alliance
Rating: 3.83 (12 reviews)
Author: Denise Lynn

Denise Lynn

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Synopsis

Denise Lynn returns to Harlequin Historical with an explosive medieval marriage-of-convenience story!

She needs a husband…

So she captures one!

Lady Gillian of Rockskill desperately needs a husband—one strong and wealthy enough to protect her castle. So she has warrior Rory of Roul captured and blackmails him into marrying her!

Awaking in a dungeon to a marriage proposal, Rory stuns his beguiling captor with a counteroffer: to free his men and complete his mission for the king, he agrees to a temporary chaste marriage. One that can be annulled when his quest is over.

But despite their stormy beginning, their attraction grows, and so does the temptation to claim their wedding night!

From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.

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