Stephanie Laurens and her husband live in Melbourne with their two cats.

Her novels are primarily historical romances set in the Regency time period. will commands that Lady Catriona Hennessy and Richard Cynster marry within a week. After achieving a level of success with her novels, Laurens '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 she realised that she did not have any more of her favourite 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, Laurens 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, Laurens and her husband both began work as research scientists in Kent. After continuing through school and earning a PhD in Biochemistry in Australia, Laurens and her husband moved to Great Britain, taking one of the last true overland journeys from Kathmandu to London. When she was 5, her family moved to Melbourne, where she was raised. Stephanie Laurens was born on 14 August 1953 in Sri Lanka. Stephanie Laurens (born in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka), is a best-selling Australian author of romance novels.

Scandal's Bride by Stephanie Laurens