The Conquest

✍ Scribed by Deveraux, Jude

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 205 KB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780671644475

✦ Synopsis

Lovely Zared Peregrine was the pride of her family, a treasure her rough-hewn brothers would strive at any cost to protect from their ancient enemies, the Howards. The Peregrines had suffered loss enough. Thus Zared's brothers trained her in the arts of war, and dressed her in boy's clothing. Beyond the castle walls, none knew that the youngest Peregrine was a girl....

Yet when the magnificent Knight Tearle Howard returned from a lengthy sojourn in France, it took him but one glance to discover that Zared was most definitely female, and beautiful. Now, as the enmity between their families raged on, Tearle would mount a bold campaign to win the ravishing spitfire's heart -- and save her from his brother's dark and deadly obsession!

From Publishers Weekly

This amusing and optimistic romance champions the notion that affection, trust and a firm desire for peace can triumph in a brutal world. And while it will never warm the cockles of a feminist's heart, readers can even enjoy watching Deveraux ( The Taming ) poke fun at one of the genre's sappier devices--a man so devastatingly handsome that a woman can only faint in his arms. This sequel on the warring Peregrine and Howard clans--late medieval Hatfields and McCoys--follows Zared, a tough young woman who has been raised to dress as a boy and fight like a man. Her family has nearly been impoverished by its feud with the Howards, and Severn, her brother, decides to win himself a rich wife: the unofficial prize of an upcoming tournament is the daughter of a neighboring family. So off he goes with his sister as his squire. But one man at the games isn't fooled by Zared's disguise. Tearle Howard, who grew up in France away from the conflict, sees in her a passionate young woman who might help him end their families' bitter struggle, if only he can persuade her not to loathe him.
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About the Author

Jude Deveraux is the author of forty-one New York Times bestsellers, including MOONLIGHT IN THE MORNING, SCENT OF JASMINE, SCARLET NIGHTS, DAYS OF GOLD, LAVENDER MORNING, RETURN TO SUMMERHOUSE, and SECRETS. To date, there are more than sixty million copies of her book in print worldwide. She lives in Florida. To learn more, visit www.judedeveraux.com.