BERKLEY ROMANCE

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Copyright © 2024 by Suzanne Allain

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Allain, Suzanne, author.

Title: The ladies rewrite the rules / Suzanne Allain.

Description: First edition. | New York: Berkley Romance, 2024.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023019650 (print) | LCCN 2023019651 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593549643 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9780593549650 (ebook)

Subjects: LCGFT: Romance fiction. | Historical fiction. | Humorous fiction. | Novels.

Classification: LCC PS3601.L398 L34 2024 (print) | LCC PS3601.L398 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23/eng/20230428

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023019650

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023019651

First Edition: January 2024

Cover illustration by Svetlana Dorosheva

Cover design by Rita Frangie Batour

Interior design adapted for ebook by Molly Jeszke

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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