Claire Delacroix

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  • Bibliography:
    70 Books (16 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1993
  • Latest Book:
    May 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Blood Brothers

1 - The Wolf and the Witch (May-2021)
2 - The Hunter & the Heiress (Feb-2022)
3 - The Dragon & the Damsel (Oct-2022)
4 - The Scot & the Sorceress (May-2023)

The Bride Quest

1 - The Princess (Aug-1998)
2 - The Damsel (Mar-1999)
3 - The Heiress (Sep-1999)
4 - The Countess (Aug-2000)
5 - The Beauty (Jan-2001)
6 - The Temptress (Dec-2001)
6.5 - Christmas at Tullymullagh (Dec-2023)
6.6 - Easter at Airdfinnan (Dec-2023)

Brides of North Barrows

1 - Something Wicked This Way Comes (Mar-2017)
2 - A Duke by Any Other Name (Apr-2018)
3 - A Baron for All Seasons (Oct-2021)
4 - A Most Inconvenient Earl (Mar-2022)

Brides of Inverfyre

1 - The Mercenary's Bride (Jan-2018)
2 - The Runaway Bride (Nov-2018)

Champions of Saint Euphemia

1 - The Crusader's Bride (Aug-2015)
2 - The Crusader's Heart (Oct-2015)
3 - The Crusader's Kiss (Feb-2016)
4 - The Crusader's Vow (Mar-2017)
5 - The Crusader's Handfast (Dec-2015)

Christmas at Castle Keyvnor

1 - Charmed at Christmas (Sep-2017)

The Jewels of Kinfairlie

1 - The Beauty Bride (Jan-2005)
2 - The Rose Red Bride (Jun-2005)
3 - The Snow White Bride (Nov-2005)
4 - The Ballad of Rosamunde (Feb-2013)

The Ladies' Essential Guide to the Art of Seduction

1 - The Christmas Conquest (Aug-2022)
2 - The Masquerade of the Marchioness (Dec-2022)
3 - The Widow's Wager (Mar-2023)
4 - The Hellion's Heart (Jul-2024)
5 - The Bluestocking's Bargain (Oct-2024)
6 - The Duke's Desire (May-2025)

Moorish

1 - Honeyed Lies (Feb-1994)
2 - The Magician's Quest (Aug-1995)

Prometheus Project

1 - Fallen (Oct-2008)
2 - Guardian (Oct-2009)
3 - Rebel (Sep-2010)
4 - Abyss (Feb-2014)

Rogues & Angels

1 - One Knight Enchanted (Jan-2018)
2 - One Knight's Return (May-2019)
3 - One Knight's Desire (Jul-2023)

Rogues of Ravensmuir

1 - The Rogue (Oct-2002)
2 - The Scoundrel (Aug-2003)
3 - The Warrior (Mar-2004)

Rose Trilogy

1 - Romance of the Rose (Mar-1993)
2 - The Sorceress (Sep-1994)
3 - Roarke's Folly (Dec-1994)

Sayerne

1 - My Lady's Champion (Jul-1996)
2 - Enchanted (May-1997)
3 - My Lady's Desire (Apr-1998)

The True Love Brides

1 - The Renegade's Heart (Aug-2012)
2 - The Highlander's Curse (Jul-2013)
3 - The Frost Maiden's Kiss (Aug-2014)
4 - The Warrior's Prize (Dec-2014)

Unicorn

1 - Unicorn Bride (Jun-1994)
2 - Pearl Beyond Price (Apr-1995)
3 - Unicorn Vengeance (Nov-1995)

Multi-Author Series List

Fairytale Retellings: Beauty and the Beast

The Beauty (Jan-2001)

Fairytale Retellings: Snow White

The Snow White Bride (Nov-2005)

Fairytale Retellings: Cinderella

The Damsel (Mar-1999)

Fairytale Retellings: The Snow Queen

The Kiss of the Snow Queen (Feb-2006)

Book List in Order: 70 titles

  • Romance of the Rose

    Rose Trilogy - 1
    Harlequin Historical - 166

    His Most Precious Flower... Armand d'Avigny would always associate Alexandria de Fontaine with the smell of roses. Indeed, the knight had carried the memory of the beautiful healer with him to the Crusades. Now, as he looked upon that same sweet fac...

  • Honeyed Lies

    Moorish - 1
    Harlequin Historical - 209

    Sable-soft eyes set in a rugged, chiseled face marked the merchant Jacob as a man of vibrant contrasts. Instantly, Rebecca knew here was a man unafraid of passion. One who made her achingly aware of her own desires and ashamed of the deceit she had w...

  • Unicorn Bride

    Unicorn - 1
    Harlequin Historical - 223

    For generations, legend has stalked the battlements of the fortress Monstsalvat. And now Alienor de Perpignan found herself promised in marriage to the man at the heart of the oft-whispered tales: Dagobert, Count de Pereille. A near-mythic being rumo...

  • The Sorceress

    Rose Trilogy - 2
    Harlequin Historical - 235

    A Passion Ruled by Fate Out of the mists of deep dreaming stepped Hughes de Pontesse, a bold and brawny knight. Yet, by the arcane power burning in her breast, Sophie Mauclerc knew this warrior was more than fantasy come alive. He was her destiny....

  • Roarke's Folly

    Rose Trilogy - 3
    Harlequin Historical - 250

    WHAT COULD A NOBLEMAN WANT WITH A WOMAN OF HER STATION? A cloth merchant's daughter, Adela lived a life of responsibility. Little color was there to the fabric of her dreams until the day an impudent knight with mischief in his eyes began to untangl...

  • Pearl Beyond Price

    Unicorn - 2
    Harlequin Historical - 264

    Black Wind, the Mongols hailed him. Swift, fierce and proud. Yet Kira looked upon Thierry de Pereille and saw, not a man marked by legend, but a warrior who had taken her from the life she knew . . . to a place beyond her wildest dreams. The woman...

  • The Magician's Quest

    Moorish - 2
    Harlequin Historical - 281

    HEIR TO AN ANCIENT LEGACY Yusef was a breed apart. Yet though his soul held the aura of kings, he fought against the savage stirrings in his blood, until the fate of a dancing girl entwined with his own, and released the timeless power of love......

  • Unicorn Vengeance

    Unicorn - 3
    Harlequin Historical - 293

    Drawn Together By Destiny Genevieve de Pereille's music echoed in the hollows of Wolfram's heart, pulling him into an unfamiliar world where his knightly vows faded to a distant murmur. The secret heir to an ancient legacy, she held him fast with ...

  • My Lady's Champion

    Sayerne - 1
    Harlequin Historical - 326
    Mills & Boon Historical - 732

    SHE SWORE NEVER TO WELCOME HIM TO HER BED Yet when the Lady Melissande looked upon the rugged face and form of the knight she'd been forced to marry, her resolve melted. For Quinn de Sayerne stirred her in the most unexpected ways, and therein lay t...



  • Enchanted

    Sayerne - 2
    Harlequin Historical - 366
    Mills & Boon Historical - 743

    DANGEROUS MAGIC TAINTED THE AIR Cursed to spend his days as a wolf, at night Rolfe de Viandin was under a different enchantment. One woven by the beauteous Annelise de Sayerne - the woman fated to be his doom...and his salvation! Vowing to mar...

  • My Lady's Desire

    Sayerne - 3
    Harlequin Historical - 409

    She'd Only Herself to Offer, but Gabrielle de Perricault hoped 'twas enough to entice the courageous Yves de Sant-Roux to champion her cause. Though should he pledge his sword to her, a greater danger awaited, for this knight could easily breach the...

  • The Princess

    The Bride Quest - 1

    "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...

  • The Damsel

    The Bride Quest - 2
    Fairytale Retellings: Cinderella

    She was the beauty he couldn't forget. He wouldn't stop searching until he found her... "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...

  • The Heiress

    The Bride Quest - 3

    "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 set...

  • The Countess

    The Bride Quest - 4

    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. Kinbea...

  • The Beauty

    The Bride Quest - 5
    Fairytale Retellings: Beauty and the Beast

    "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 brid...

  • The Temptress

    The Bride Quest - 6

    "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 b...

  • The Rogue

    Rogues of Ravensmuir - 1

    Dear Reader: Seductive and mysterious, Merlyn was the laird of Ravensmuir--never had a man so stirred my body and soul. I gave myself to him--willingly, trustingly, passionately--and we soon wed. Then a horrible revelation emerged, shattering my i...

  • The Scoundrel

    Rogues of Ravensmuir - 2

    Dear Reader: It is true that I acted boldly, brazenly, wantonly...and I confess, I have only myself to blame. I knew what sort of man I was dealing with, knew Gawain Lammergeier was a rogue and a thief. Yet when I schemed to seduce him and reclaim...



  • The Warrior

    Rogues of Ravensmuir - 3

    Dear Reader, Alluring and dangerous, the Hawk of Inverfyre came to rest at my father's house, his motives unknown. His seduction was breathtaking. I resisted him, this enigmatic warrior, but his kiss transported me to a time and place where his re...

  • An Elegy for Melusine

    in 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 autho...

  • The Beauty Bride

    The Jewels of Kinfairlie - 1

    More cherished than gold are the jewels of Kinfairlie, and only the worthiest of men 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. ...

  • The Rose Red Bride

    The Jewels of Kinfairlie - 2

    More cherished than gold are the jewels of Kinfairlie And only the worthiest of men 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. ...

  • The Snow White Bride

    The Jewels of Kinfairlie - 3
    Fairytale Retellings: Snow White

    More cherished than gold are the jewels of Kinfairlie, and only the worthiest may fight for their love... The Laird of Kinfairlie has helped his sisters, each a gem in her own right, to find husbands. Now the laird himself seeks to wed, and pins his ...

  • The Queen in Winter: Anthology: The Kiss of the Snow Queen

    USA Today bestselling author Claire Delacroix’s romances are “a treasure chest of words, rare and exquisite” (Rendezvous) USA Today bestselling author Lynn Kurland “surprises and enchants with each turn of phrase and page&rdqu...

  • The Kiss of the Snow Queen

    in The Queen in Winter
    Fairytale Retellings: The Snow Queen

    Now, these brilliantly gifted authors come together with four tales of adventure that are as enchanting as they are exciting...A gifted seer receives a vision of a man whom she was not meant to marry, but was meant to love...A man and an elven woman ...

  • 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 aut...

  • Fallen

    Prometheus Project - 1

    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 herse...

  • Guardian

    Prometheus Project - 2

    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 Delil...



  • Rebel

    Prometheus Project - 3

    The Eyes of the Republic Are Everywhere... Having sacrificed his wings in a bid save humanity, fallen angel Armand has a bold plan to assassinate Presidential candidate Maximilian Blackstone. When things go awry and his partner Baruch is gravely inj...

  • The Renegade's Heart

    The True Love Brides - 1

    Released from the captivity of the Fae, Murdoch Seton wants nothing more than to forget his lost years. Undertaking a quest to recover treasure stolen from his family seems the perfect solution - but Murdoch is not counting upon a curious maiden who ...

  • The Ballad of Rosamunde

    The Jewels of Kinfairlie - 4

    e-book edition A pirate queen trapped in the realm of Faerie, Rosamunde can only be freed by true love. The man she loves is lost to her forever so she believes herself doomed. Padraig, long in love with Rosamunde, believes his life to be worthles...

  • The Highlander's Curse

    The True Love Brides - 2

    Cheated of his inheritance and burdened by the legacy of his Fae blood, Garrett MacLachlan believes he is doomed to be an outcast forever -- until he meets Annelise of Kinfairlie, a gentle maiden with the power to turn his curse to gift. Can Garrett ...

  • Abyss

    Prometheus Project - 4

    At the beginning of the 22nd century, humanity has survived a challenge to its survival and has commenced the task of rebuilding. An elite corps of fallen angels called the Watchful Host remains in the earthly realm to help -- but someone is hunting ...

  • Beguiled

    Six magical short works of fantasy, romance and forbidden love from New York Times' Bestselling Author Claire Delacroix (also writing as Deborah Cooke) gathered into a single volume for the first time. Included are An Elegy for Melusine, Amor Vincit ...

  • The Frost Maiden's Kiss

    The True Love Brides - 3

    She enchanted him with a kiss -- but winning her love would demand all he possessed. After eight years abroad, Malcolm returns to Scotland with a fortune, a companion even more hardened than he, and a determination to restore his inherited holding. B...

  • Highland Heroes

    Be swept away by the romance and enchantment of the Scottish Highlands!

    Three complete medieval Scottish romances from New York Times’ Bestselling Author Claire Delacroix. In The Beauty, part of Claire’s Bride Quest II trilogy, a maiden...

  • The Warrior's Prize

    The True Love Brides - 4

    The maiden was just another treasure to be won -- until she stole his heart and changed his life forever.

    Outraged that her beloved brother’s soul is to be the Fae tithe to Hell, Elizabeth knows that she must save him. She is the only one...

  • Kinfairlie Knights

    Welcome to Kinfairlie and Ravensmuir!Claire Delacroix's fictional medieval Scottish estate of Kinfairlie and its sister holding of Ravensmuir are the location for many of her bestselling medieval romances. Included in this digital bundle are three fi...



  • The Crusader's Bride

    Champions of Saint Euphemia - 1

    Gaston battled for duty and honor―until his new wife tempted him to fight for her love.

    Gaston has had his fill of war and the Latin Kingdoms when he learns that he has inherited his father's estate in France. He accepts one last quest for t...

  • The Crusader's Heart

    Champions of Saint Euphemia - 2

    "A company of knights chosen to deliver a sealed trunk from the Templar treasury in Jerusalem to safekeeping in Paris. A group of pilgrims seeking the protection of the Templars to return home as the Saracens prepare to besiege the city. A myster...

  • The Crusader's Handfast

    Champions of Saint Euphemia - 5

    A company of knights chosen to deliver a sealed trunk from the Templar treasury in Jerusalem to safekeeping in Paris. A group of pilgrims seeking the protection of the Templars to return home as the Saracens prepare to besiege the city. A mysterio...

  • The Crusader's Kiss

    Champions of Saint Euphemia - 3

    A company of knights chosen to deliver a sealed trunk from the Templar treasury in Jerusalem to safekeeping in Paris. A group of pilgrims seeking the protection of the Templars to return home as the Saracens prepare to besiege the city. A mysterious ...

  • Spellbound

    The Haunting of Castle Keyvnor, Book #4Greetings,In regards to the Matter of the un-entailed Estate of the late-Jonathan Hambly, 10th Earl of Banfield, be advised that your attendance is urgently required at the reading of his lordship’s Last Will ...

  • The Crusader's Vow

    Champions of Saint Euphemia - 4

    Returning home to Scotland triumphant after his military service, and entrusted with the precious relic of the Templars, Fergus is more than ready to wed his beloved Isobel and begin their life together. To his dismay, Isobel has wed another in his a...

  • Something Wicked This Way Comes

    Brides of North Barrows - 1

    Seven years ago, Sophia Brisbane lost everything -- her father, her brother, her family fortune -- but worse, was rejected by the man she loved. She’s determined not to yearn for the past and its pleasures -- until she encounters Lucien de Roye aga...

  • Heartbreakers

    Do you love dangerous heroes? Heartbreakers: Three Medieval Bad Boys brings you three wicked heroes of ill-repute - and the women who dare to love them. In The Scoundrel, Evangeline is determined to recover her family's relic from the thief Gawain. S...

  • Charmed at Christmas

    Christmas at Castle Keyvnor - 1

    The Earl and Countess of Banfield cordially request your attendance at the wedding for their daughters: Lady Tamsyn Hambly to Mr. Gryffyn Cardew, & Lady Morgan Hambly to Harold Mort, Viscount Blackwater, on the 24th day of December, 1811, at Castle ...

  • The Mercenary's Bride

    Brides of Inverfyre - 1

    Robbed of his possessions, wounded and left for dead, Quentin de Montgomerie has lost everything except his love for Mhairi, the daughter of the Hawk of Inverfyre -- and he knows who is to blame for his fate. He vows to return to Inverfyre and take h...



  • One Knight Enchanted

    Rogues & Angels - 1

    Cursed to take the form of the wolf by day, Rolfe de Viandin is skeptical that love can save him. All he wants is to return home from crusade by the Yule and even the pleasures of a magical palace cannot console him...until a beautiful and bold maide...

  • A Duke by Any Other Name

    Brides of North Barrows - 2

    Daphne Goodenham has always been determined to wed a duke -- not just because she loves fine dresses and parties, but because she wants to guarantee that she and her sister are never destitute again. When she meets the Duke of Inverfyre, a notorious ...

  • Knights in Shining Armor

  • The Runaway Bride

    Brides of Inverfyre - 2

    Aoife MacNeill is a beauty and a prize, a former heiress who wants to marry for love, but her father has arranged her marriage to Nigel Armstrong, the oldest son and heir of the Hawk of Inverfyre. One look confirms that Nigel will never possess her h...

  • One Knight's Return

    Rogues & Angels - 2

    Quinn de Sayerne vowed never to return home while his wicked father drew breath. Twenty years after his departure, the knight and crusader is summoned to claim his family holding after his father’s death. But the overlord decrees that Quinn must we...

  • The Wolf and the Witch

    Blood Brothers - 1

    The three sons of a notorious mercenary should never have met...but now that they are sworn allies, the Scottish Borders will never be the same...Denied his rightful legacy, Maximilian de Vries devised a plan to avenge himself upon his father and see...

  • A Baron for All Seasons

    Brides of North Barrows - 3

    Rupert Haskell has always thought that Anthea, his friend Alexander's younger sister, would make an excellent choice of bride, but the loss of his inheritance made it impossible for him to court her. Caught between his honor and his heart, the only w...

  • The Hunter & the Heiress

    Blood Brothers - 2

    Nothing could be further from Amaury de Vries' expectations than joining his half-brother's company of mercenaries in the wilds of Scotland. A knight and a champion at the joust, he expected to inherit a holding—until the man he has known as h...

  • A Most Inconvenient Earl

    Brides of North Barrows - 4

    Eurydice Goodenham is convinced that a marriage of convenience with the notorious Sebastian Montgomery, Earl of Rockmorton, would be ideal: in exchange for one child, she can retreat to the library of his country house to write, while he continues hi...

  • The Christmas Conquest

    The Ladies' Essential Guide to the Art of Seduction - 1

    Love was not part of the plan when this marriage was arranged...Rhys Bettencourt, Baron Trevelaine, had every intention of avoiding his family's curse. An arranged marriage to a plain bluestocking of fortune should have ensured the provision of at le...

  • The Dragon & the Damsel

    Blood Brothers - 3

    A mercenary convinced that each man must see to his own survival first, Rafael has learned to savor the moment and its pleasures. He is interested solely in conquest and coin, not any promise of the future -- until an alluring maiden challenges him, ...

  • The Masquerade of the Marchioness

    The Ladies' Essential Guide to the Art of Seduction - 2

    She's not the woman he married...

Philomena Wright, Marchioness of Arlingview, is universally admired for her intellect, good sense and charitable efforts on behalf of widows and orphans. A woman with every advantage, she also has a gu...

  • The Widow's Wager

    The Ladies' Essential Guide to the Art of Seduction - 3

    She wed once for duty but will only wed again for love...For as long as she can remember, Eliza North's heart has been in the possession of her older brother's friend, Nicholas Emerson. But Nicholas has always been oblivious to Eliza, and when he bou...

  • The Scot & the Sorceress

    Blood Brothers - 4

    Embittered by his losses and thwarted in his pursuit of vengeance, Murdoch is sworn to avenge his father by striking a blow against his enemy, the Silver Wolf. But the wise woman of the woods offers herself in exchange for peace, Murdoch cannot resis...

  • One Knight's Desire

    Rogues & Angels - 3

    When the grim Lord de Tulley bequests his legacy to his niece and decides to arrange her marriage, the maiden in question knows that no man of sense will decline such a rich prize of a bride. Her jest, undertaken to ensure her survival and ease an ol...

  • Christmas at Tullymullagh

    The Bride Quest - 6.5

    Five years after the end of The Heiress, the brothers Fitzgavin gather at Castle Tullymullagh with their wives and families to celebrate the Yule, and a gentle ghost seizes the opportunity to add to the good fortune of all.This short story and epilog...

  • Easter at Airdfinnan

    The Bride Quest - 6.6

    Six years after the end of The Temptress, the family have all been invited to Airdfinnan to celebrate Easter, as well as the knighting of Jacqueline and Angus' oldest son Fergus. There's also a betrothal planned between their oldest daughter, Annelis...

  • The Stolen Bride

    Ramsay MacLaren owes a debt to the daughter of the Hawk of Inverfyre, one he will never forget‚ for the beguiling beauty helped him escape her father's dungeon, saving his life and capturing his heart. When he hears that she is to wed a man he...

  • The Hellion's Heart

    The Ladies' Essential Guide to the Art of Seduction - 4

    Helena Emerson yearns for romance and adventure, and dreams of wedding a duke for love. She knows she would never be able to endure a marriage with the serious Viscount of Addersley, no matter how handsome he might be. Consumed with logic and good se...

  • The Bluestocking's Bargain

    The Ladies' Essential Guide to the Art of Seduction - 5

    Patience Carruthers is a bluestocking with no interest in the fleeting uncertainty of love. Her passion is for books, knowledge, and the improvement of the world. When she learns of Mrs. Oliver's work, instructing ladies in intimate matters to better...

  • The Duke's Desire

    The Ladies' Essential Guide to the Art of Seduction - 6

    Esmeralda Ballantyne is the most successful courtesan in London, a woman envied by many and a mystery to all. When her past threatens the future of her younger sister, she finds an unexpected champion in the Duke of Haynesdale, a gentleman driven by ...

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