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Authors: Wanda Wiltshire

Allegiance
is the second book in the six book
Betrothed
series.

Wanda loves to chat with her readers. Find her on Facebook at:
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Novels by Wanda Wiltshire

Betrothed

Allegiance

First published in 2014 by Pantera Press Pty Limited

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Text copyright © Wanda Wiltshire, 2014

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ISBN 978-1-921997-37-2 (Paperback)

ISBN 978-1-921997-38-9 (Ebook)

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CONTENTS

Prologue

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-One

Chapter Thirty-Two

Acknowledgements

Confused
Excerpt

Q&A with Wanda Wiltshire

About Wanda Wiltshire

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