The Marriage Spell

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by Mary Jo Putney


  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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