Princess Brianna of Tullymullagh is determined to marry only for love—until her father’s holding is conquered and the king decrees that she must wed one of the victor’s sons. Thinking she can outwit this condition, Brianna issues a challenge: the son who brings her a gift that makes her laugh will win her hand.
Thus begins the Bride Quest of the three brothers Fitzgavin.
Burke and Rowan, knights both, ride out on Brianna’s quest, each intent upon triumph. Only Luc refuses to participate, for he knows that a princess had no place in the life of a battle-weary warrior like himself. Brianna is not inclined to accept his refusal—she tempts him and awakens his slumbering senses with her alluring beauty and her sweet kisses. Luc has sworn to lay down his sword forever—until he is the sole one who can defend the fair maiden who has claimed his shielded heart.
“Claire Delacroix is the queen of medieval romance! Reading The Princess is like sipping vintage wine—delectable!”
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“Exquisite! A marvelously beautiful tale of love!”
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1998 Best Historical Romance
Colorado Romance Writers’ Award of Excellence
Finalist
1998 Best Historical Romance
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Finalist
1998 Best Medieval Historical Romance
Romantic Times
“The essence of fairy tale, fable and legend!”
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“Delacroix captured me with the first sentence…and left me wanting more! Her musical style of writing transformed this story into a bard’s tale of knights, quests, mystery and love.”
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“[Claire Delacroix] has a magical, lyrical style of writing that captures the reader from the first page. Add mysterious secret treasure, as well as several murders, to this wonderfully passionate romance and you have an exciting medieval that’s not to be missed.”
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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the publication of The Princess, I’ve created new editions of the Bride Quest books, all of which will be available at retail portals in November 2023. You can also order them early during my Kickstarter campaign, May 30 – June 10, 2023.
There’s a new cover illustration for each book in the series, which will appear on the new mass market paperback and the new hardcover edition.
Here’s the pretty new cover illustration of Luc and Brianna:
Here are all four print editions of The Princess: from left, the original mass market edition, the 25th anniversary commemorative mass market edition with new cover art, the current trade paperback edition, and the 25th anniversary commemorative hard cover edition at right.
The new hardcover editions have a dust jacket similar to the current trade paperback – but with the new seal for the anniversary editions. But instead of a plain case, these books are case-laminated, which means there will be an illustration on the actual book cover. The idea is to evoke those stepback covers we knew and loved. You get BOTH covers with the hardcover.
Here’s a photograph of the actual book, because I ordered a copy to check it out myself. In this picture, I’ve removed the front of the dust jacket and you can see the case laminate. The illustration continues around the back without type – there’s just the bar code on the back.
The commemorative print editions will include a new letter from me and the hardcover editions include the Bride Quest family trees. They’d be too small to read in the mass market edition, but you can download them free right here and print them out.
The trade paperback and the ebook editions will remain as they are.
There will be similar new editions of the other five books, and they’ll be revealed during the Kickstarter campaign. There also will be a new bonus epilogue to catch up with the family called Christmas at Tullymullagh, which will be included in the new print editions of The Heiress and offered in ebook to all backers of the Kickstarter campaign.
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