Claire Delacroix Books In Order

The Princess

‘I will wed only my one true love!’ declared Princess Brianna despite King Henry’s decree that she marry one of the sons of the man who had conquered her family’s castle. So Brianna issued a seemingly impossible challenge: He who returned with a gift that made her laugh would win her hand. And thus began the bride quest of the three brothers Fitzgavin…
. Burke and Rowan, knights both, set out at her command. Only Luc remained, refusing to indulge the whims of the glorious Irish princess. Even Brianna’s legendary beauty could not tempt him until she invaded his senses…
and his soul. But Luc thought a princess had no place in the life of a battle weary warrior who vowed to lay down his sword forever until he was forced to take up arms to protect the fair maiden who had seized his heart by divine right.

The Damsel

A proud maiden, she vowed never to love again…
until he rode back into her life.’I come in search of a bride.’Once upon a time, the legendary knight, Burke Fitzgavin, galloped into Kiltorren Castle and fell in love with Alys, the lord’s orphaned niece. But her uncle was determined that Burke marry one of his homely daughters instead. Through tricks and lies, Burke was sent away, believing that Alys wanted nothing of his heart. Pledged to a Bride Quest, Burke has vowed not to return home until he finds his long lost love. He returns to Kiltorren to discover that the fiery young innocent has become a woman, a servant on her uncle’s estate. Paying penance for Burke’s long ago embrace, she wants nothing to do with him. Burke knows he must earn her trust again. Even as he slowly rekindles her desire, Alys’s family attempts to thwart their romance determined that Alys should not marry before her cousins do. But Burke is a warrior and this battle to win the hand and the heart of his one true love will be his greatest challenge ever…
. Watch for The Heiress, the crowning novel in the sumptuous Bride Quest trilogy of the three brothers Fitzgavin, which began with The Princess.

The Heiress

‘When you open a book by Claire Delacroix, you open a treasure chest of words, rare and exquisite!’ Rendezvous’I seek a bride, the wealthiest heiress in Ireland.’No woman can resist the charms of Rowan de Montvieux. But the dashing rogue is in no hurry to marry until his family dares him to find a bride…
or risk losing his inheritance. So Rowan sets out on a Bride Quest, vowing to wed only…
The Heiress. But his journey is interrupted when a slave merchant offers to sell him a ragged peasant girl who carries herself like a queen. Intrigued and never imagining she is the sought after Bronwyn of Ballyroyal, an heiress in disguise, Rowan buys her, offering her his protection if she will lead him to the bride he seeks. Never has he met a woman so proud, so beautiful, so defiant. He suspects she is no commoner and vows to uncover her secrets and melt her fiery resolve. But the perilous voyage to Ireland kindles passions that risk both their lives, as the slave girl who would not be mastered slowly takes possession of his wary heart…
. Don’t miss the first two novels in the breathtaking Bride Quest trilogy: The Princess and The Damsel, both available from Dell.

The Beauty

‘I was born a woman. There are but two courses for my life marriage or the convent. I have chosen.’Certain that she will never wed for love, sworn to let no man possess her for her beauty alone, Jacqueline de Crevy has vowed to become a bride of God. But en route to the convent of Inveresbeinn, her party is ambushed by a knight, who snatches Jacqueline from her saddle and spirits her away with him. He is Angus MacGillivray not the blackhearted ravisher she fears but a valiant man of honor who has returned to Scotland seeking justice…
and revenge. Angus has come home from the Crusades to find his family murdered and his birthright seized. Sworn to reclaim his rightful lands, he has kidnapped the stepdaughter of Duncan, chieftain of Clan MacQuarrie Angus’s avowed enemy. But his lovely captive refuses to be the chattel or ransom of any man…
until Jacqueline senses the yearning heart beneath Angus’s embittered facade. In spite of himself, Angus has let this defiant beauty touch his very soul. And as desire flames between them, a lady fair and her battle scarred knight will fight for a love that could banish all the sorrows of the past…
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The Countess

Be Mine for a year and a day and I will possess your heart forevermore!Driven from her late husband’s estate, Countess Eglantine de Crevy fled to wildest Scotland to claim a castle, only to find a ruin and a clan chieftain standing guard. Kinbeath was hers, she declared, vowing to rebuild the manor and launch a bride quest so her daughters could marry for love. But Duncan MacLaren had devised a bride quest of his own, swearing to win the land and the fiery countess in a war of sweet seduction…
. Eglantine declared she would never be captured by this barbarian. Yet Duncan awakened passions she had never known before. She promised to fight him with every weapon at her command even as he vowed to woo her for a year and a day and make her his pagan bride. Each thought Kinbeath the prize they most desired, a prize to be won at any price. Until passion turned to love, and the chieftain found himself fighting for the heart and hand of the woman he was born to possess.

The Temptress

The crusader feared nothing until he met…

The Temptress

I will not wed a man who thinks to own me.

Furthermore, Esmeraude of Ceinn beithe declares that she alone will name the winner of her heart. To the knights gallant who ride from afar to do her bidding, she issues a challenge: a riddle that is both quest and test. And then she flees, daring her suitors to follow.

Thus begins the Bride Quest of Bayard of Villonne, to compete for the hand of a woman he has never seen…
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Newly returned from the Crusades, Bayard has warned his family of a pending attack upon their estate. When they pay no heed to his message, he swears to protect the family holding himself…
even if its price is a marriage of convenience.

It seems a simple matter to win the hand of a rural maid in a barbarian contest until the chase begins. Esmeraude’s challenge makes her far more intriguing than Bayard has dared to hope. But when he follows her across the waters and rescues a tattered, ravishing damsel in disguise, he knows he has found her.

Recklessly, she offers herself to the handsome stranger. But not even a passion that touches both their souls can win her hand. For Esmeraude will settle for nothing less than total surrender of the crusader s worn and wary heart…
a treasure Bayard is determined to keep shielded forever.

The Beauty Bride

Alexander has a problem. It’s not that his parents have tragically died, or that he has been made Laird of Kinfairlie years before he anticipated, or that their treasury is empty, or that he now has to take care of his seven younger siblings. It s that he has to marry off his sister Madeline, who has refused to ever wed. Madeline s betrothed died on the same boat as their parents and she won t even discuss it. So Alexander is forced to take matters into his own hands by auctioning Madeline off. But he never intended Rhys Fitzhenry to take part. Rhys is a warrior who has fought the king to gain land. Clever and resourceful, he knows he needs an heir, and this auction is the perfect way to get one. After all, buying a wife is the simplest solution love is so messy, after all. Furious that her brother would dare auction her off and desperate to ignore the passion mounting between them, Madeline flees…
but Rhys won t be cast aside so easily. Can this strong and witty warrior catch his impetuous and bold bride?

The Snow White Bride

In the final book of Delacroix’s playful and sexy medieval Jewels of Kinfairlie romance trilogy, the Kinfairlie sisters ask Lady Eleanor to wed their brother, Alexander. Eleanor agrees, expecting only to save herself from danger not to fall in love.

Fallen

The Eyes of the Republic are Everywhere.

When her estranged husband’s mysterious death is declared an accident, Lilia Desjardins knows that it is a lie. She leaves all she knows to risk the dark heart of the Republic only to find that she herself has been targeted by forces unknown.

Adam Montgomery will do anything to complete his earthly mission, even if he has to tangle with the enigmatic Lilia Desjardins. But when his contact is murdered and he must rely on Lilia’s silence to save him from the slave dens, Adam knows that his wings were only the first sacrifice required of him.

As danger and intrigue surround them, Lilia and Adam realize that they must work together body, mind, and soul in order to save the world.

Guardian

The Eyes of the Republic are Everywhere.

The victim of what she believes is a malicious kidnapping, seer Delilah Desjardins quickly realizes that her abductor is on a mission to save her from assassins. Rafe, a fallen angel, must ensure that Delilah, blessed with the gift of foresight, reaches her true calling as an oracle for the Republic and if his divine calling results in a more earthly relationship between the two of them, well, he doesn t mind that at all.

Drawn to Rafe, but fearing the loss of her gifts should she surrender to his charms, Delilah knows she has to leave him. But fleeing his Guardianship sets the assassins on her trail again. As Rafe races to save Delilah, he knows he isn t just saving her for the good of the Republic, for the angels, or for the future he’s saving her for himself.

To Weave a Web of Magic

A romantic fantasy anthology with four novellas from renowned authors of romance and fantasy…

USA Today best selling author Claire Delacroix gives readers a revisionist version of the medieval legend of Melusine. USA Today best selling author Lynn Kurland’s trademark style shines in this tale of the magic and medieval romance between two lovers.

World Fantasy Award winner Patricia A. McKillip tells of an artist’s model and the transforming power of beauty and inspiration.

National best selling author Sharon Shinn offers a compelling romance set in a strange new off world of angels and revolving around the pursuit of love.

The very thrill of love comes dazzlingly to life when these four shining stars or romance and fantasy weave their own web of magic for their legions of fans.

The Queen in Winter

From four of today’s most imaginative authors come four stories of love as pure as the driven snow that will warm the coldest of hearts. USA Today bestselling author Claire Delacroix delivers an enchanting tale of a gifted seer who receives a vision of a man whom she was not meant to marry, but was meant to love. USA Today bestselling author Lynn Kurland spins a story of a mortal man and an elven woman who endure both the mundane and the magical in their quest to remain together. Award winning author Sharon Shinn writes of a brave young woman who saves her sister’s magically gifted child, only to receive an unexpected gift of her own. And newcomer Sarah Monette’s romantic novella tells of a warrior maiden trapped in a deadly storm with the only man she ever wanted, whose scars she must heal if he is ever to want her.