She settled her head on his shoulder with a happy sigh. “She said she was on their track and hopeful. She has a magical gift for finding, I think, and she loves practicing it. She said that her husband has even found it useful.”
“And so magic enters the life of the noble duke.” Jack held his wife tight, inhaling the rosemary scent of her hair. “Just like it entered my life the day I met you.”
He placed his hand on her belly again, then caught his breath as a vision of two towheaded toddlers filled his mind. “Twins!” he exclaimed as the children of his vision each raised a hand. Magical light blazed from the small palms, meeting and swirling into one bright sphere. “You’re carrying twins! A boy and a girl. Not one wizard, but two.”
She laughed, her aquamarine eyes bright with joy. “I was wondering how long it would be till you realized that. We are doubly blessed. After all—you’re Lucky Jack.” She gave a smile that touched his heart. “And I’m lucky, lucky Abby.”
About the Author
A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author, MARY JO PUTNEY is a graduate of Syracuse University with degrees in eighteenth-century literature and industrial design. The author of more than two dozen novels, Putney has been a nine-time finalist in the Romance Writers of America RITA contests, and has won two RITAs, four consecutive Golden Leaf Awards for Best Historical Romance, and the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Historical Romance. Her books have been listed four times by Library Journal as among the top five romances of the year. Putney lives near Baltimore with her nearest and dearest, both two- and four-footed. Visit the author’s websites at www.mjputney.com and www.maryjoputney.com.
Other books by Mary Jo Putney
GUARDIAN BOOKS
A Kiss of Fate*
Stolen Magic*
THE BRIDE TRILOGY
The Wild Child*
The China Bride*
The Bartered Bride*
FALLEN ANGEL SERIES
Thunder and Roses
Petals in the Storm
Dancing on the Wind
Angel Rogue
Shattered Rainbows
River of Fire
One Perfect Rose*
SILK TRILOGY
Silk and Shadows
Silk and Secrets
Veils of Silk
OTHER HISTORICALS
Dearly Beloved
Uncommon Vows
The Bargain
The Rake
REGENCIES
The Diabolical Baron
Carousel of Hearts
Lady of Fortune
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCES
The Burning Point
The Spiral Path
Twist of Fate
NOVELLA COLLECTION
Christmas Revels
* Published by Ballantine Books
The Marriage Spell is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2006 by Mary Jo Putney
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of the Random House
Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
BALLANTINE and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Putney, Mary Jo.
The marriage spell: a novel / Mary Jo Putney
p.cm.
(acid-free paper)
I. Title.
I. Title.
PS3566.U83M37 2006
813’.54—dc22
2005057087
www.ballantinebooks.com
eISBN: 978-0-345-49356-9
v3.0
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