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The Beauty Bride: 1 (Jewels of Kinfairlie) Paperback – Import, 20 January 2012

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Book 1 of 4: The Jewels of Kinfairlie

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More cherished than gold are the Jewels of Kinfairlie, and only the worthiest may fight for their love...The Laird of Kinfairlie has unmarried sisters, each a gem in her own right. And he has no choice but to see them all wed in haste.

Lady Madeline's heart is not for sale...especially not to a notorious outlaw like Rhys FitzHenry. Yet Madeline's hand has been sold, to none other than this battle-weary warrior with a price on his head. A more dutiful maiden might cede to the Laird's command and meekly accept her fate, but Madeline has never been obedient. She decides to run away, though she never dreams that Rhys will pursue her. She does not expect this taciturn man to woo her with fanciful stories, much less that each of his enthralling tales will reveal a scar upon his shielded soul. She never imagines that a man like Rhys could imperil her own heart while revealing so little of his own feelings. When Rhys's past threatens his future, Madeline takes a leap of faith. She dares to believe him innocent - and risks her own life to pursue a passion more priceless than the rarest gem.

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Bestselling and award-winning author Deborah Cooke has published over seventy novels and novellas, including historical romances, fantasy romances, fantasy novels with romantic elements, paranormal romances, contemporary romances, urban fantasy romances, time travel romances and paranormal young adult novels. She writes as herself, Deborah Cooke, as Claire Delacroix, and has written as Claire Cross. She is nationally bestselling, as well as a USA Today and New York Times' Bestselling Author. Her Claire Delacroix medieval romance, The Beauty, was her first book to land on the New York Times List of Bestselling Books. Deborah was the writer-in-residence at the Toronto Public Library in 2009, the first time TPL hosted a residency focused on the romance genre, and she was honored to receive the Romance Writers of America PRO Mentor of the Year Award in 2012. She lives in Canada with her family.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Deborah A. Cooke (20 January 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 298 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 098783990X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0987839909
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 381 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 1.7 x 21.59 cm
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India

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NYT bestselling author Claire Delacroix always loved stories, both telling them and hearing them. She sold her first romance novel in 1992 and has published over eighty romance novels since. She writes in a variety of subgenres, including time travel romance, historical romance, medieval romance, fantasy romance and fantasy with romantic elements. She has also written under the names Claire Cross and Deborah Cooke. She makes her home with her family, a number of incomplete knitting projects and a lot of overgrown houseplants. Claire loves to travel, to cook, to ride her bike and to read.

I loves writing linked books - most of my series are currently enrolled in Kindle Unlimited:

Blood Brothers is a series of Scottish medieval romances, in progress:

1. The Wolf & the Witch

2. The Hunter & the Heiress

3. The Dragon & the Damsel (2022)

4. The Scot & the Sorceress (2023)

The Brides of North Barrows is a series of Regency romances, some with paranormal elements:

1. Something Wicked This Way Comes

2. A Duke by Any Other Name

3. A Baron for All Seasons

4. A Most Inconvenient Earl

The Champions of St. Euphemia is a medieval romance series that has no connection to Ravensmuir, Kinfairlie or Inverfyre. It follows a group of knights from Jerusalem to Scotland and should be read in order:

1. The Crusader's Bride

2. The Crusader's Heart

3. The Crusader's Kiss

4. The Crusader's Vow

5. The Crusader's Handfast

Many of my books are set at Ravensmuir, Kinfairlie or Inverfyre and feature the families there. The Rogues of Ravensmuir trilogy of medieval Scottish romances introduces the family:

1. The Rogue

2. The Scoundrel

3. The Warrior

The Jewels of Kinfairlie series of medieval Scottish romances tells the stories of the next generation after the Rogues of Ravensmuir:

1. The Beauty Bride

2. The Rose Red Bride

3. The Snow White Bride

4. The Ballad of Rosamunde

The True Love Brides series continues with the family introduced in the Jewels of Kinfairlie. There are eight siblings all together, and these are the next four:

1. The Renegade's Heart

2. The Highlander's Curse

3. The Frost Maiden's Kiss

4. The Warrior's Prize

The Brides of Inverfyre series includes the story of the last sibling from Kinfairlie (Ross) as well as those of the children of the Hawk and Aileen (from The Warrior):

1. The Mercenary's Bride

2. The Runaway Bride

The Bride Quest series of medieval romances:

1. The Princess - her first USAToday bestseller

2. The Damsel - a USAToday bestseller

3. The Heiress - a USAToday bestseller

4. The Countess - a USAToday bestseller

5. The Beauty - a USAToday and New York Times bestseller

6. The Temptress

I also wrote four stand-alone time travel or paranormal romances which were first published under the pseudonym Claire Cross. These have been republished as Claire Delacroix titles:

1. Once Upon a Kiss

2. The Last Highlander

3. The Moonstone

4. Love Potion #9

I've been revising and republishing some of my older works, including these books to date:

One Knight Enchanted

One Knight's Return

Unicorn Bride

Pearl Beyond Price

I also write contemporary romance and paranormal romance as Deborah Cooke.

Visit my websites at:

http://delacroix.net

http://deborahcooke.com

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I usually don't leave reviews but this was amazing , I love the tales and the drama the emotions so real the camtivity all of it .defiantly should read amazing that it's for free am definitely looking forward for more from the author 😀😀😀

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Smita

A heartwarming tale of love n courage

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The story was great, well woven and holds interest. One keeps on reading to know what next.
Well told story, si.ply lovely.

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5 stars. Great world-building, writing. Worth the read.

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Oh my God. I got the chills so many times toward the climax of this book. It completely blasted my mind. It managed to exceed my high expectations AND be nothing at all like I expected.

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Nice read

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I enjoyed my first book by Claire Delacroix although I had downloaded it for free thinking it was one of those “alternative” fairy tales. It’s not: only the name “Beauty” & the fairy (in the story) are the links to a fairy tale. It was well written with a few typos, & the couple of sex scenes means this not a clean read.

Rhys is the illegitimate son of a Welsh Lord, & he’s also being hunted by the English king for being a traitor. However, he’s determined to risk capture if it means he will become the heir of Caerwyn, his home & lands. Looking for his cousin leads him to
Ravensmuir, where Lord Tynan & his nephew of neighbouring Kinfairlie are auctioning off some family treasures.

Alexander & his aunt Rosamunde & uncle decide to invite suitable bachelors to Ravensmuir to bid for the eldest of the Kinfairlie sisters, Madeline’s hand. Her heart has been broken as her betrothed, James went off to France to fight & has been missing, probably dead, for a year. Not suspecting anything, she & her siblings attend the auction, to find she’s up for auction!

Although Rhys was not invited to the auction, he ends up successfully bidding for her hand. Madeline of course is furious, but she pretends to be demure & resigned to her fate, while planning to leave during the night. Rhys suspects her motives & is ready when she escapes. When she’s attacked on a remote path, it is Rhys who comes to her rescue & takes her to visit his aunt, the Abbess of an Abbey, & his friend Thomas who is a monk there. It is Thomas who helps them escape when they are pursued, possibly by the English king’s men out to capture Rhys.

Having married at the Abbey before fleeing, the couple make their way to back to his home in Wales, where Rhys hopes he & his new bride will be safe from the English. They are attracted to each other, & he knows that although she will be the perfect wife for him, she can never love him: she’s already given her heart to James. She knows he’s only married her to strengthen his claim on Caerwyn & for “sons”, & won’t hesitate to take a mistress should she fail.

This is a fast paced story with some predictable scenes. I did find it hard to believe Madeline’s sisters would ride out across the country accompanied by their aunt. I didn’t really like Alexander & was dismayed to learn from the excerpt of book 2 that he hadn’t learned his mistake of marrying off Madeline without consulting her. Fair enough he doesn’t auction off his second sister, Vivienne, but he agrees to & arranges for a man to enter her room to seduce her. Hardly the behaviour of a loving & concerned brother, or a gentleman! Thankfully his sisters manage to turn the tables on him in book 3 (according to the blurbs).

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DragonRose UK

Loved it.

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The Beauty Bride is the first book in the 'Jewels of Kinfairlie' series by Clair Delacroix.

The story is about Madeline, the eldest of several sisters. Her brother Alexander has become head of the household since their mother and father died at sea. The same ship they died on, Madeline's betrothed, James, is said to have died as well. She has been in mourning ever since and has no intention of marrying any time soon. Alexander knows his younger sisters won't marry until the eldest is wed, but with her refusing to marry he begins to despair. Money is running low and he fears he won't be able to afford to look after all of his siblings and the estate. In his desperation he decides unbeknown to Madeline, to auction her off as a bride.

Rhys Fitzhenry is the man that wins the auction. He is wanted for treason against the king, but all he cares about is getting home to Wales and staking his claim on his home and land that he has finally come into. The one person that could possibly stop his claim is a woman, a second cousin of his whom he wants to marry in order to make sure the lands remain his. He traces the woman to Kinfairlie and to his utter surprise he finds her being auctioned off for marriage. He has a pocket full of coin, and he wins the fair lady fairly and squarely.

That is how our couple meet, and you can just imagine how upset Madeline is. Not only has her brother betrayed her, but she is supposed to marry a man wanted by the King. She is so displeased that during the early hours of the morning she runs away.....

Of course Rhys follows her and what follows is the story of how Rhys catches up with Madeline, and how they try to make it to Wales where Rhys will be safe from the King's men who they believe are chasing after them. Will Madeline fall for Rhys' charms, she certainly finds herself lusting after his body, and despite some very passionate love making, will a marriage between them work. She is still in love with her late fiance isn't she? And how can she love a man who has bought her? A ma that is keeping secrets and won't open up to her. What will she do when she finds out why he wants to marry her, and if she is indeed his cousin surely that kind of kinship will prevent marriage being proper. Will they make it to his castle safely and will Rhys finally claim it has his own or will forces conspire to never let that happen.

This book was an absolute joy to read, there is so much going on throughout it and it made me run the gamut of emotions from anger at some characters, to absolute joy with others. There are even some very sweet scenes with one of Madeline's younger sisters, Elizabeth, who can see fairies and watches as one works it's magic on people around her. Not always good magic either. I think we are going to see more of that fairies magic in other books in this series which I am definitely going to read and which I am sure I will love just as much as this one.

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"These Lammergeier women are wrought of stern stuff"

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 6 June 2012

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So says hero Rhys in admiration of his spirited wife and her sisters at the climax to this terrific tale.

A delightful story with a feisty, bright, humorous and of course beautiful heroine in Madeleine paired with a dark, handsome, brooding and, necessarily, secretive hero in Rhys. In a desperate bid for much needed clan funds she is unwillingly auctioned off in marriage by her brother the new, young and inexperienced, Laird. Madeleine ends up being bought by Rhys - an 'outlaw' with a price on his head. She is livid at the indignity and not prepared to take it lying down. After extracting a promise from her brother, that he will not put their younger sisters through the same ordeal, she flees her home and prospective husband.

The story follows her on her adventures, away from the castle walls of her home for the first time. Rhys, of course, figures largely in those adventures. I particularly like that Rhys is doubtful about his own appeal not believing he has the ability to woo a woman outside the use of his charming little tales. The end is pleasing with all strands of the tale satisfyingly dealt with plus Madeleine's brother redeems himself.

Admittedly, at the start of the book I did wonder what I was getting into as a great many characters including a mischievous fairy were introduced at a rapid rate. However, everything and everyone soon slotted into place for a very enjoyable read. So if you too want an enjoyable read. Read this!

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Kay Bolton

Beautiful little gem

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 11 March 2013

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Well, this was yet another freebie Kindle Download that worked really rather well.

I was out of my comfort zone a little as this was based earlier than my usual Georgian era.

There was also the surprising addition of a little fairy jiggery-pokery written in.

I found it to be very lyrically written, and even the inclusion of the fairy seemed to work. In fact, I would love to have heard more of the mischief she could unleash.

The characters were believable and worth investing in, and I look forward to adding the others in the series to my wish list, and would even be prepared to pay for them.

This is not a book that I would have felt cheated if I'd actually paid good money for it rather than gathering it into my reading fold as a freebie, and it earner it's 4 stars well.

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A Woman of a Certain Age

Very good for a free book.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 29 March 2017

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I downloaded this as I always like to try new authors for free. Skinflint I know - but it does allow you to see if you like the way an author writes. I thoroughly enjoyed this storyline. Some parts were predictable - others not so much so. Got confused occasionally as my knowledge of UK history and all the internal power struggles in the 15th century is pretty abysmal. But overall a good read. Having said all that I would not pay over £3 for each of the other stories in the series.

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