The Heiress
1995 • 384 pages

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Jamie Montgomery, an impoverished Elizabethan knight, is elated when he is assigned to escort Axia, the Lancaster heiress, to the castle of her betrothed. If only she will fall in love with Jamie — as Jamie’s devoted older sister predicts — the family’s financial woes will be solved. But Axia, who has spent her life closely guarded by her father’s servants, is not the shy, cossetted flower Jamie expects. She’s a hoyden, hell-bent on enjoying her precious moments of liberty before her marriage to a man chosen by her remote, eccentric father. After curtly informing Jamie not to bother declaring his love for her — as all poor, handsome men seem wont to do — Axia makes his life a misery, sneaking off to the marketplace, nearly breaking her neck on a runaway horse, and doing everything possible to delay the trip. Though she dare not admit it, even to herself, Axia dreads being wed to a stranger. Suddenly Jamie realizes that he savors even her most barbed words life the rarest nectar…that he is falling desperately in love with this bold, maddening beauty. Now he must contrive a daring plan to win her freedom — and win her proud, defiant heart for his own!

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Series

27 primary books

#22 in Montgomery/Taggert (Publication order)

Montgomery/Taggert (Publication order) is a 27-book series with 27 primary works first released in 1980 with contributions by Jude Deveraux, Judith McNaught, and Kimberly Cates.

#1
The Black Lyon
#2
The Velvet Promise
#3
Highland Velvet
#4
Velvet Song
#5
Velvet Angel

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22 primary books

#7 in The Montgomery/Taggert Family (Chronological order)

The Montgomery/Taggert Family (Chronological order) is a 22-book series with 23 primary works first released in 1980 with contributions by Jude Deveraux, Kimberly Cates, and Andrea Kane.

#1
The Black Lyon
#2
The Maiden
#3
The Velvet Promise
#4
Highland Velvet
#5
Velvet Song

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