Stephanie Laurens

Stephanie Laurens was born in Sri Lanka and has a Ph.D. in biochemistry. She worked for many years as a research scientist in the area of cancer research and travelled with her husband through the Far and Middle East and through Europe. She currently lives outside Melbourne, Australia with her husband, two daughters and two cats.
Four years in London gave her the settings for her eight Regency romances which were published from 1992 to 1996 in the Mills & Boon Historical Romance imprint. In 1997 she started writing historical romance novels and is a New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal and USA-Today bestseller.

On the Web

• Stephanie Lauren's website

Books

• All About Love, 2001, 0-380-81201-0 Avon
• All About Passion, 2001, 0-380-81202-9 Avon
• Beyond Seduction - September 2007 (Avon) PB
• Captain Jack's Woman - October 1997 (Avon) PB
• Comfortable Wife, A - 1997 (Mills & Boon)
• Devil's Bride - March 1998 Avon PB
• Fair Juno - 1994 (Mills & Boon)
• Fine Passion, A, 2005, 0-06-059331-8 Avon
• Four In Hand - 1993 (Mills & Boon)
• Gentleman's Honor, A, 2003, 0-06-000207-7 Avon
• Ideal Bride, The - March 2004 (William Morrow) HC
• Impetuous Innocent - 1994 (Mills & Boon)
• Lady Chosen, The, 2003, 0-06-000206-9 Avon
• Lady Of Expectations, A - December 1995 Masquerade #483) Harlequin Historical Subscription #37
• Lady of His Own, A, 2004, 0-06-059330-X Avon
• On A Wicked Dawn, 2002, 0-06-000205-0 Avon
• On A Wild Night, 2002, 0-380-81203-7 Avon
• Perfect Lover, The, 2003, hc 0-06-050571-0 William Morrow 2004 pbk 0-06-050572-9 Avon
• Promise In A Kiss, the, 2001, hc 0-06-018888-X William Morrow 2002 pbk 0-06-103175-5 Avon
• Rake's Vow, A - October 1998 (Avon) PB
• Reasons for Marriage, The - January 1995 (Masquerade #438) Harlequin Historical Subscription #33
• Rogue's Proposal, A - October 1999 (Avon) PB
• Scandal's Bride March 1999 (Avon ) PB
• Secret Love, A - July 2000 (Avon) PB
• Tangled Reins - 1992 (Mills & Boon)
• Taste Of Innocence, The - March 2007 (William Morrow) HC
• To Distraction, 2006, 0-06-083910-9 Avon
• Truth About Love, The, 2005, hc 0-06-050575-3 William Morrow 2006 pbk 0-06-050576-1 Avon
• Unwilling Conquest, An - July 1996 (Masquerade #509) Harlequin Historical Subscription #41
• What Price Love? 2006, hc 0-06-084084-6 William Morrow, 2007 pbk 0-06-084085-4 Avon
• Where the Heart leads - February 2008 (William Morrow) HC

Novellas

• Lost and Found in "Hero, Come Back" - 2005 0-06056450-4 (Avon)
• Melting Ice in "Rough Around the Edges" - 1998 0-312-96599-0 St. Martin's Press
• Rose In Bloom in "Scottish Brides" - 1999 0-380-80451-4 Avon
• Scandalous Lord Dere in "Secrets Of A Perfect Night" - 2000 0-380-81805-1 Avon

Series/Related Titles

The Lester Family Triology

1. The Reasons for Marriage - 1995 (Leonore Lester)
2. A Lady Of Expectations - 1995 (Jack lester)
3. An Unwilling Conquest - 1996 (Harry Lester)

The Bar Cynster

• prequel The Promise In A Kiss - 2001 (1783, Sebastian Cynster, 5th Duke of St. Ives & Helena de Stansion, Comtesse d'Lisle, the parents of the hero in Devil's Bride)

1. Devil's Bride - 1998 (1818, Sebastian "Devil" Cynster, 6th Duke of St. Ives & Honoria Wetherby)
2. A Rake's Vow - 1998 (1819, Spencer "Vane" Cynster & Patience Debbington)
3. Scandal's Bride - 1999 (1819, Richard "Scandal" Cynster)
4. A Rogue's Proposal - 1999 (1820, Harry "Demon" Cynster & Felicity Parteger)
5. A Secret Love - 2000 (1820, Rupert "Gabriel" Cynster & Lady Alathea Morwellan)
6. All About Love, 2001
7. All About Passion, 2001
8. On A Wild Night, 2002
9. On A Wicked Dawn, 2002
10. The Perfect Lover, 2003
11. The Ideal Bride - 2004 (1825, Michael Anstruther-Wetherby, brother of Honoria Cynster, Duchess of St. Ives, heroine of Devil's Bride)
12. The Truth About Love - 2005 (1831, Gerrard Debbington, brother of Patience Cynster, heroine in A Rake's Vow)
13. What Price Love? 2006
14. The Taste Of Innocence - 2007 (1833, Charles Morwellan, 8th Earl of Meredith, brother of Lady Alathea Morwellan, heroine of A Secret Love)

The Bastion Club

Seven bachelors band together while looking for wives

• prequel Captain Jack's Woman - 1997 (1811, Jonathon Hendon, Lord Hendon)

1. The Lady Chosen - 2003 (Tristan Weymss, Earl of Trentham)
2. A Gentleman's Honor - 2003 (Anthony Blake, Viscount Torrington)
3. A Lady Of His Own - 2004 (Charles St Austell, Earl of Lostwithiel)
4. A Fine Passion - 2005 (Jack Warnefleet, Baron Warnefleet of Minchinbury)
5. To Distraction - 2006 (Deverell, Viscount Paignton)

Casebook of Barnaby Adair

1. Where the Heart leads

Awards/Honors

• Romantic Times 2005 Career Achievement Award Nominee
• Romantic Times 1998 Reviewers' Choice Award Winner - Devil's Bride (Best Historical Romance Book in a Series)