Damsel

Zusatztext "Romance and chivalry are alive and well--Claire Delacroix brings them alive with her stunning talent for storytelling!" -- The Literary Times "When you open a book by Claire Delacroix! you open a treasure chest of words! rare and exquisite!" -- Rendezvous "Claire Delacroix makes the Middle Ages glow with adventure! love and beauty!" -- Bell! Book and Candle "Ms. Delacroix is a master storyteller of medieval romance." -- Old Book Barn Gazette Informationen zum Autor New York Times bestselling author Claire Delacroix sold her first romance in 1992. Since then! she has published more than forty-five romance novels and numerous novellas! including her successful Bride Quest series! and has also written under the names Claire Cross and Deborah Cooke. She has an honors degree in history! with a focus on medieval studies! and is an avid reader of medieval vernacular literature! fairy tales! and fantasy novels. When she isn’t writing! she can be found knitting! sewing! or hunting for vintage patterns. She makes her home in Canada with her husband and family. Klappentext 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. Kiltorren Castle, Ireland April 1172 Burke de Montvieux crested a rise, reined in his destrier, and stared at the scene spread before him.  He had ridden hard for three days, pushing his steed to the limits of the beast´s endurance, Brianna of Tullymullagh´s challenge in his ears. ´Twas true enough that Burke had not departed upon the bride quest Brianna had issued to the three brothers Fitzgavin with the enthusiasm the lady thought her command deserved.  Nor had he brought her a gift that he truly believed would win her heart--because Burke had no desire for Brianna´s affections. For ´twas Alys of Kiltorren who haunted Burke´s dreams. Burke´s guilty awareness of his unchivalrous behavior had taken him back to Tullymullagh, only to find Brianna happily wed to his elder brother, Luc.  It had seemed to Burke that matters would end there, but Brianna was not so readily satisfied with a mere apology--she not only demanded the truth, but insisted he set matters to rights. Brianna had sent Burke upon his own bride quest, not only to seek the lady who still held his heart but to win her hand. Now his objective lay before his very eyes and Burke´s heart pounded in trepidation of what he might find.  He paused and surveyed the estate he had not seen these two long years. Castle Kiltorren clung to the craggy west coast of Ireland, its moss-encrusted stone walls rising from the rock as if they always had been thus.  With the fey moodiness of early spring, clouds swept in from the west t...

Product details

• Authors: Claire Delacroix
• Publisher: Dell Publishing Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.1999
• EAN: 9780440225881
• ISBN: 978-0-440-22588-1
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 175 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Bride Quest; Bride Quest
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature