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  <name><![CDATA[Stephanie Laurens]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Stephanie Laurens was born in Sri Lanka, which was at the time the British colony of Ceylon. When she was 5, her family moved to Melbourne, Australia, where she was raised. After continuing through school and earning a Ph.D. in Biochemistry in Australia, Laurens and her husband moved to Great Britain, taking one of the last true overland journeys from Katmandu to London.

Once in London, Laurens and her husband both began work as research scientists in Kent. They lived in an area surrounded by history. 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.

After four years in England, Laurens and her husband returned to Australia, where she continued to work in cancer research, eventually heading her own research laboratory. One evening Laurens realized that she did not have any more of her favorite romance novels to read. After years of thinking about writing her own novel, during nights and weekends for the next several months she began crafting her own story. That manuscript, Tangled Reins, was the first of her books to be published. After achieving a level of success with her novels, Laurens &quot;retired&quot; from scientific research and became a full-time novelist. Her novels are primarily historical romances set in the Regency time period.

Laurens and her husband live in Melbourne with their two daughters.

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  <title><![CDATA[Devil's Bride (Cynster, #1)]]></title>
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  <published>1998</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Scandal's Bride (Cynster, #3)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[A Rake's Vow (Cynster, #2)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Stephanie Laurens]]></name>
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  <published>1998</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[A Secret Love (Cynster, #5)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Stephanie Laurens]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[A Rogue's Proposal (Cynster,  #4)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[On a Wild Night (Cynster, #8)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[On a Wicked Dawn (Cynster, #9)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[All About Love (Cynster, #6)]]></title>
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  <published>1000</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[All About Passion (Cynster, #7)]]></title>
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  <published>2001</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Promise in a Kiss (Cynster, #7.5)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Stephanie Laurens]]></name>
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  <published>2001</published>  
  
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