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Running from her past, she finds a killer, a protector, and her faith.

The Abducted Heiress by Claire Thornton

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Also by Claire Thornton:

The Vagabond Duchess, April 2007
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The Abducted Heiress, January 2007
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The Defiant Mistress, November 2006
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The Wolf's Promise, July 2006
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THE ABDUCTED HEIRESS
By: Claire Thornton

Miniseries: City of Flames
Harlequin Historical Romance
January 2007
On Sale: January 1, 2007
Featuring: Desire Godwin; Jakob Balston
304 pages
ISBN: 0373294344
EAN: 9780373294343
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Romance Series | Romance Historical

Lady Desire Godwin's gentle existence is rudely interrupted when a handsome brigand crosses the parapet of her rooftop garden. She watches, dismayed, as the impudent stranger is carried off to jail.

As the Great Fire rages across London, Jakob Balston uses the confusion to escape. He fully expects that Desire will have already fled town. Only, she is still there, at the mercy of the flames and…alone.

Is his intention rescue or abduction as he rows them both to safety upstream? He must surely be after her wealth, because no man could possibly want a woman as scarred as she….

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