Jude Deveraux

Once upon a time... ...as a fair maiden lay weeping upon a cold tombstone, her heartfelt desire was suddenly made real before tall, broad of shoulder, attired in gleaming silver and gold, her knight in shining armor had come to rescue his damsel in distress.... A Knight in Shining Armor Jude Deveraux's beloved bestseller has captivated readers the world over; now in a special edition featuring new material, this timeless love story greets a new generation. Abandoned by her lover, thoroughly modern Dougless Montgomery finds herself alone and brokenhearted in an old English church. She never dreamed that a love more powerful than time awaited her there...until Nicholas Stafford, Earl of Thornwyck, a sixteenth-century knight, appeared. Drawn to him by a bond so sudden and compelling that it defied reason, Dougless knew that Nicholas was nothing less than a a man who would not seek to change her, who found her perfect just as she was. But she could not know how strong were the chains that tied them to the past -- or the grand adventure that lay before them.

In a chance encounter on Virginia’s riverfront, Leah, a beautiful waif, unwittingly captured the one man she had always loved! Handsome, well-born Wesley; in an unexpected twist of fate, becomes Leah's reluctant husband. Determined to forge a new life in untamed Kentucky Wesley discovers that the bride he hopes to abandon is passionate, proud and brave--and may be the woman he cannot live without!