Originally published as CIRCLE IN THE WATER by
HarperCollins in September 1994.
SummaryFrustrated by his own failures at matrimony, King Henry VIII
punishes an insolent nobleman by commanding him to marry the
vagabond woman caught stealing his horse. Stephen de Lacey
is a cold and bitter widower, long accustomed to the
sovereign's capricious and malicious whims. He regards his
new bride as utterly inconvenient...though undeniably fetching.
But Juliana Romanov is no ordinary thief—she is a
Russian princess forced into hiding by the traitorous cabal
who slaughtered her family. One day she hopes to return to
Muscovy to seek vengeance.
What begins as a mockery of a marriage ultimately blossoms
into deepest love.
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