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Heather Cynster has been waiting her whole life to find what her older brothers Gabriel and Lucifer have found: love. Not the pleasant marriage that most of society enters into, but the passion-filled, adventure-packed kind of love that she'd seen fulfill the lives of her brothers and cousins.... read more

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  • Heather Cynster: Daughter of Martin and Celia Cynster; a modern woman: strong, opinionated, level-headed, loyal and loving.
  • Viscount Breckenridge: Timothy Danvers, heir to the Earl of Brunswick; Heather's nemesis
  • Lady Herford: hostess of the risky soiree Heather attended where she ran into Breckenridge
  • Elizabeth Marguerite Cynster: one of Heather's two younger sisters
  • Angelica Cynster: one of Heather's two younger sisters
  • Fletcher: one of the kidnappers who adducts Heather, takes the lead in the kidnapping scheme
  • Cobbins: one of the kidnappers who abducts Heather
  • Martha: Maid hired by men who kidnapped Heather to ensure she would not be ruined
  • Caroline Anstruther-Wetherby: Timothy Danvers biological step-mother; Michael Anstruther-Wetherby's wife
  • Michael Anstruther-Wetherby: Caro's husband; Honoria's brother
  • Honoria Cynster: Devil's wife; the current Duchess of St. Ives
  • Devil Cynster: the Duke of St. Ives, the leader of the Cynster clan; Heather's oldest cousin
  • Martin Cynster: Heather, Eliza, and Angelica's father
  • Celia Cynster: Heather, Eliza, and Angelica's mother; Martin's wife
  • James: the groom for Martin Cynster's family
  • Sir Humphrey Wallace: the supposed guardian in the story invented by Heather's kidnappers to explain why she was being taken in by Fletcher, Cobbins, and Martha
  • Henrietta Cynster: one of Heather's Cynster cousins
  • Mary Cynster: one of Heather's Cynster cousins
  • Henry: the old coachman who serves Heather's family
  • Camden Sutcliffe: diplomat extraordinaire; Breckinridge's biological father; the Countess of Brunswick's lover
  • Earl of Brunswick: the man who claimed Breckinridge despite his illegitimacy and who taught Breckinridge about family
  • Lady Constance Rafferty: one of Breckenridge's older sisters
  • Lady Cordelia Marchmain: one of Breckinridge's older sisters
  • Mr. McKinsey: alias for the laird who hired the kidnappers
  • Mrs. Cartwright: wife of Mr Cartwright, part of an older couple who took Breckinridge and Heather in for the night when they stopped in Gribton
  • Mr. Cartwright: the husband of Mrs. Cartwright, one of an elderly couple who took Breckinridge and Heather in when they stopped in Gribton
  • Mrs. Croft: widow who offers shelter to Heather and Breckenridge as they were traveling to the Vale
  • Richard Cynster: Heather's cousin; Catriona's husband
  • Marcus Cynster: Catriona and Richard's son, Lucilla's twin
  • Lucilla Cynster: Catriona and Richard's daughter, Marcus' twin
  • Catriona Cynster: Richard Cynster's wife and Heather's cousin by marriage; the Lady of the Vale
  • Henderson: Richard and Catriona's butler
  • Mrs. Broom: Richard and Catriona's housekeeper
  • Worboys: Richard's gentlemen's gentleman
  • Algaria: Catriona's mentor; she takes care of Richard and Catriona's children
  • Megan Mitchell: a local villager who Heather visits for Catriona to bring a basket to her after the recent birth of her child
  • Callum Mitchell: Megan Mitchell's young baby
  • Helen Maitland: a woman who broke Breckinridge's heart long ago and made him wary of declaring his love to anyone
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  • Hercules
  • Caro
  • Eliza
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First Sentence edit see section history

The castle was silent and still.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Prologue
Chapters 1 - 21
Epilogue

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 3 in Cynster Sisters Trilogy. (standard series)

Followed by In Pursuit of Eliza Cynster.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Stephanie Laurens (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Avon
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 0062068601
Page Count: 448

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

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More Books Like This edit see section history

   
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Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Devil's Bride
  • A Rake's Vow
  • Scandal's Bride
  • A Rogue's Proposal
  • A Secret Love
  • All About Love
  • All About Passion
  • The Promise in a Kiss
  • On a Wild Night
  • On a Wicked Dawn
  • The Perfect Lover
  • The Ideal Bride
  • The Truth About Love
  • What Price Love?
  • The Taste of Innocence
  • Temptation and Surrender

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