With the help of a special necklace that's been handed down to Harriet from older Cynster cousins, both she and he realize that what he's looking for is pretty close at hand. When she's made to feel guilty over her interference, James enlists her in helping him compile a list of likely mates from the tons' assortment of debutantes.

Harriett Cynster, nicknamed the Matchbreaker for helping other women of her station sniff out their beaus' ulterior motives, finds herself falling in love with James Glossup, one of her victims. Laurens' propensity to say the same thing in ten different ways in the span of a paragraph, especially during her love scenes, then this book is a fine addition to her Cynster series. If she isn't writing, she's reading, and if she's not reading, she's tending her garden.

Stephanie and her husband live on peaceful acreage on the outskirts of Melbourne. Her novels are primarily historical romances set in the Regency time period. After achieving a level of success with her novels, Stephanie 'retired' from scientific research and became a full-time novelist. That manuscript, Tangled Reins, was the first of her books to be published. After years of thinking about writing her own novel, during nights and weekends for the next several months, she began crafting her own story. One evening Stephanie realized that she did not have any more of her favorite romance novels to read. 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.Īfter four years in England, Stephanie and her husband returned to Australia, where she continued to work in cancer research, eventually heading her own research laboratory. They lived in an area surrounded by history. Once in London, Stephanie and her husband both began work as research scientists in Kent. in Biochemistry in Australia, Stephanie and her husband moved to Great Britain, taking one of the last true overland journeys from Katmandu to London. After continuing through school and earning a Ph.D. When she was 5, her family moved to Melbourne, Australia, where she was raised. Stephanie Laurens was born in Sri Lanka, which was at the time the British colony of Ceylon.

And Then She Fell by Stephanie Laurens