


That manuscript, Tangled Reins, was the first of her books to be published. After years of thinking about writing her own novel, during nights and weekends for the next several months, she began crafting her own story. One evening Stephanie realized that she did not have any more of her favorite romance novels to read. Their own cottage was built in the 16th century, while next door were the protected ruins of an early Roman villa, and nearby was a 14th century castle.Īfter four years in England, Stephanie and her husband returned to Australia, where she continued to work in cancer research, eventually heading her own research laboratory.

They lived in an area surrounded by history. Once in London, Stephanie and her husband both began work as research scientists in Kent. in Biochemistry in Australia, Stephanie and her husband moved to Great Britain, taking one of the last true overland journeys from Katmandu to London. After continuing through school and earning a Ph.D. When she was 5, her family moved to Melbourne, Australia, where she was raised. Stephanie Laurens was born in Sri Lanka, which was at the time the British colony of Ceylon. Evil and lies are reaching out to ensnare Jacqueline - and Gerrard will have to move Heaven and Earth to protect the remarkable woman who, for him, personifies the truth about love. Certainly, she is beautiful, but it is her passionate nature that strikes sparks with Gerrard's own, igniting desire and sweeping them into each other's arms, convincing Gerrard that he has found his ideal soul mate - the lady he must have as his wife.īut something is horribly wrong at Hellebore Hall. Gerrard chafes at wasting his talents on some simpering miss, only to discover that Jacqueline Tregonning stirs him as no other. Uninterested in marriage, his driving passion is to paint the fabled gardens of Lord Tregonning's Hellebore Hall - an opportunity that is now at hand.if Gerrard agrees to create an honest portrait of Tregonning's daughter as well. Gerrard Debbington, Vane Cynster's brother-in-law, is one of London's most eligible gentlemen. Bold, passionate and possessive, the Cynster men let nothing stand in their way when it comes to claiming the women of their hearts.
