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  • Published: 3 January 2012
  • ISBN: 9780425245798
  • Imprint: Jove
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $19.99

Bride by Mistake




An utterly delightful new historical romance from much-loved Australian author Anne Gracie

Luke’s Story

Eight years ago, Lieutenant Luke Ripton made a hasty wartime marriage-in-name-only tp protect a young girl from a forced union and left her protected in a remote mountain convent. Now, Luke is Lord Ripton, but he has been unable to obtain an annullment. Which leaves him no choice but to collect a wife he doesn’t want.

For eight years Isabella has waited like a princesss locked in a tower, dreaming of her handsome, dark-eyed prince. Her dreams are shattered when Luke reveals himself not as a prince, but an autocratic soldier, expecting her unquestioning obedience, which is something Isabella’s firecely independent nature will not tolerate.

  • Published: 3 January 2012
  • ISBN: 9780425245798
  • Imprint: Jove
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $19.99

About the author

Anne Gracie

Anne Gracie spent her childhood and youth on the move, thanks to her father's job, which took them around the world. The gypsy life taught her that humour and love are universal languages and that favourite books can take you home, wherever you are.

Anne started her first novel while backpacking solo around the world. Originally published by Harlequin Books, she now writes Regency-era historical romances for Berkley (Penguin USA) and Penguin Australia, but instead of her new career taking her back to exotic overseas locations, she turned into a cave-bound writer-hermit.

Anne is a former president of Romance Writers of Australia. She lives in Melbourne in a small, elderly wooden house, but she's too busy writing to renovate. Anne's books are published in sixteen languages, have been shortlisted five times for the prestigious RITA award (USA), have twice won the Romantic Book of the Year (Australia) and the National Reader's Choice Award (USA), and have been listed in Library Journal and NPR's (USA) best books of the year.

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Awards & recognition

Australian Romance Readers Awards

Nominated  •  2013  •  Favourite Historical Romance

Australian Romance Readers Awards

Nominated  •  2013  •  Favourite Love Scene

Romantic Book of the Year Award

Shortlisted  •  2013  •  Long Romance