The Marriage Spell (35 page)

About
the
Author

A
New York Times, Wall Street Journal,
and
Publishers Weekly
bestselling author,
MARY JO PUTNEY
is a graduate of Syracuse University with degrees in eighteenth-century literature and industrial design. The author of more than two dozen novels, Putney has been a nine-time finalist in the Romance Writers of America RITA contests, and has won two RITAs, four consecutive Golden Leaf Awards for Best Historical Romance, and the
Romantic Times
Career Achievement Award for Historical Romance. Her books have been listed four times by
Library Journal
as among the top five romances of the year. Putney lives near Baltimore with her nearest and dearest, both two- and four-footed. Visit the author's websites at
www.mjputney.com
and
www.maryjoputney.com.

Other books by Mary Jo Putney

GUARDIAN BOOKS

A Kiss of Fate
^*

Stolen Magic
^*

THE BRIDE TRILOGY

The Wild Child
^*

The China Bride
^*

The Bartered Bride
^*

FALLEN ANGEL SERIES

Thunder and Roses

Petals in the Storm

Dancing on the Wind

Angel Rogue

Shattered Rainbows

River of Fire

One Perfect Rose
^*

SILK TRILOGY

Silk and Shadows

Silk and Secrets

Veils of Silk

OTHER HISTORICALS

Dearly Beloved

Uncommon Vows

The Bargain

The Rake

REGENCIES

The Diabolical Baron

Carousel of Hearts

Lady of Fortune

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCES

The Burning Point

The Spiral Path

Twist of Fate

NOVELLA COLLECTION

Christmas Revels

* Published by Ballantine Books

The Marriage Spell
is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2006 by Mary Jo Putney

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of the Random House
Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

B
ALLANTINE
and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Putney, Mary Jo.

The marriage spell: a novel / Mary Jo Putney
p.cm.

(acid-free paper)
I. Title.

I. Title.

PS3566.U83M37 2006
813'.54—dc22
2005057087

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eISBN: 978-0-345-49356-9

v3.0

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