Jude Deveraux (born September 20, 1947; née Jude Gilliam) is an American author of

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s. Deveraux has written over 40 novels, many of which have been on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list, including such titles as ''A Knight in Shining Armor'' and ''Remembrance''; she has sold over 50 million copies as of 2016. Deveraux appeared as herself in the 1987 romance novelist documentary ''Where the Heart Roams''.

Literary work

Known for her historical romances with storylines centered on strong, capable heroines, Deveraux has written stories set in several time periods, including post-Revolutionary America, nineteenth century Colorado, and nineteenth century New Mexico. Many of her books follow the Montgomery and Taggert families and contain recurring characters. She has written several time-travel romances, and her later novels have had a contemporary setting. Many of her more recent books feature paranormal storylines. In 2009, she was one of four authors who produced works for the debut of

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, a company which produces "video books" by combining text, video and internet links into a single experience. Deveraux wrote ''A Girl From Summer Hill'', a contemporary reimagining of

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Personal life

Deveraux was born in

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. She was married to Richard Sides from 1967 to 1969. In the late 1960s, she met Claude White, whom she began living with in 1970. They married in 1987 and divorced in 1991. In 1991, while on a tour of Egypt with White, she met Mohammed Montassir. They eventually married and had a son together, named Sam Alexander Montassir. Their son died in 2005, at the age of eight, when he was hit by a truck near their home in North Carolina.

Association with Rose Marks

In 1991, Deveraux first met

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, whom she knew as "Joyce Michael". She initially visited Marks for a psychic reading, due to problems with her marriage to White and with

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. The relationship strengthened after her son's death, and Marks isolated Deveraux from her friends and family. Marks offered her the ability to continue to contact her son as well as to save him from being " caught between heaven and hell". Over the course of 17 years, Marks extracted between 17 and 20 million dollars from Deveraux, leaving her with almost no money despite her lucrative writing career. Marks told Deveraux as well as other victims that their money and valuables were cursed by malign influence and needed to be given to her for "cleansing rituals" and that they would be returned; yet the items never were returned. She was found guilty of fraud in a trial in 2013, and lost an appeal of her sentence in 2016.

Bibliography

The Montgomery/Taggert Family

*Chronological order # ''The Black Lyon'' (1980) anulf de Warbrooke & Lyonene Tompkins, 1275# ''The Maiden'' (1988) rince Rowan & Princess Jura, 1299 # ''The Velvet Promise'' (1981) avin Montgomery & Judith Revedoune, 1501# ''Highland Velvet'' (1982) tephen Montgomery & Bronwyn MacArran, 1501# ''Velvet Song'' (1983) aine Montgomery & Alyxandra Blackett, 1502# ''Velvet Angel'' (1983) iles Montgomery & Elizabeth Chatworth, 1502# ''The Heiress'' (1995) xia Maidenhall & Jamie Montgomery, 1572# ''The Raider'' (1987) essica Taggert & Alexander Montgomery, 1766# ''Mountain Laurel'' (1990) addie Worth & Christopher Hring "'Ring" Montgomery, 1859# ''Eternity'' (1992) arrie Montgomery & Joshua Greene Templeton, 1865# ''The Duchess'' (1991) ohn "Trevelyan" Montgomery & Claire Willoughby, 1883# ''Twin of Fire'' (1985) eander Westfield & Blair Chandler, 1892# ''Twin of Ice'' (1985) ane Taggert & Houston Chandler, 1892# ''The Temptress'' (1986) hristiana Montgomery Mathison & Tynan Dysan, 1896# ''Wishes'' (1989) ocelyn "Jace" Montgomery & Nellie Grayson, 1896# ''The Awakening'' (1988) manda Caulden & Henry "Hank" Montgomery, 1913# ''"The Invitation"'' from ''The Invitation'' (1994) acqueline O'Neill & William "Billy" Montgomery, 1934 # ''The Princess'' (1987) arl Tynan "J.T." Montgomery & Princess Victoria Jura "Aria" Cilean Xenita, 1942# ''A Knight in Shining Armor'' (1989) icholas Stafford & Dougless Montgomery, 1988-1564# ''Sweet Liar'' (1992) amantha Elliot & Michael Taggert, 1991 # ''"Matchmakers"'' from ''The Invitation'' (1994) ale Anderson & Kane Taggert, 1991# ''"Change of Heart"'' from ''Holiday of Love'' (1994) rank Taggert & Miranda Harcourt (Stowe)# ''"Just Curious"'' from ''A Gift of Love'' (1995) acallister J. Taggert & Karen Lawrence# ''High Tide'' (1999) iona Burkenhalter & Paul "Ace" Montgomery # ''Holly'' (2003) ick Taggert & Hollander Latham# ''Someone to Love'' (2007) ace Montgomery & Nightingale Smythe, 2005# ''Met Her Match'' (September 17, 2019) ate Taggert & Terri Rayburn

Forever Trilogy (Montgomery/Taggert)

#''Forever... A Novel of Good and Evil'' (2002) arci T. Monroe & Adam Montgomery#''Forever and Always'' (2003) arci Montgomery & Lincoln Ames#''Always'' (2004) arci Montgomery & Jack Rose, 2004-1843

Nantucket Brides Trilogy (Montgomery/Taggert)

# ''True Love'' (2013) lixandra Madsen & Jared Montgomery Kingsley VII, 2012# ''For All Time'' (2014) oby Wydnam & Graydon Montgomery# ''Ever After'' (2015) allie Hartley & James Taggert

The James River series

*Chronological order # ''Sweetbriar'' (1983) innet Tyler & Devon Macallister, 1784# ''Counterfeit Lady'' (1984) icole Courtelain & Clayton Armstrong, 1794# ''Lost Lady'' (1985) egan West & Travis Stanford, 1797# ''River Lady'' (1985) eah Simmons & Wesley Stanford, 1803

The Peregrine Family

* ''The Taming'' (1989) ogan Peregrine & Lianna Neville, 1445* ''The Conquest'' (1991) ared Peregrine & Tearle Howard, 1447

The Legend series

* ''Legend'' (1996) ole Tarik Jordan & Kady Long, 1996-1873* ''"The Teacher"'' from ''Upon a Midnight Clear'' (1997) ole Jordan & Kathryn DeLonge, 1880s

The Summerhouse series

# ''The Summerhouse'' (2001) # ''Return to Summerhouse'' (2008) # ''As You Wish'' (2018)

The Endenton series

# ''First Impressions'' (2005) # ''Carolina Isle'' (2006)

The Edilean series

*Chronological order # ''Days of Gold'' (2009) dilean Talbot & Angus McTern, 1766, Scotland and Virginia# ''The Scent of Jasmine'' (2010) atherine "Cay" Harcourt & Alex McDowell, 1799# ''Promises'' VOOK (2010) thne McTern & Jamie Armitage, 1800# ''Lavender Morning'' (2009) ocelyn Minton & Luke Connor# ''Scarlet Nights'' (2010) ara Shaw & Mike Newland# ''Heartwishes'' (2011) emma Ranford & Colin Frazier# ''Change of Heart'' (2014) li & Chelsea(Sequel to the short story ''Change of Heart'' in ''A Holiday of Love'')

The Moonlight Trilogy

*This trilogy takes place in Edilean, VA. It is not part of the original sequence but contains characters that appeared within it. # ''Moonlight in the Morning'' (2011) ecca Layton & Dr. Tristan Aldredge# ''Stranger in the Moonlight'' (2012) im Aldredge & Travis Maxwell# ''Moonlight Masquerade'' (2013) r. Reede Aldredge & Sophie Kincaid

Summer Hill Novels

# ''The Girl from Summer Hill'' (2016) # ''Met Her Match'' (2019)

Medlar Mysteries

#''A Willing Murder'' (2018) #''A Justified Murder'' (2019) #''A Forgotten Murder'' (2020) #''A Relative Murder'' (2022) #''An Unfinished Murder'' (2024)

Providence Falls (with Tara Sheets)

#''Chance of a Lifetime'' (2020) #''An Impossible Promise'' (September 2021) #''Thief of Fate'' (October 2022)

Blue Swan series

#''Order of Swans'' (2025) #''Order of Royals'' (TBD) #''Order of the Beast'' (TBD)

Stand alones

* ''The Enchanted Land'' (1978) * ''Casa Grande'' (1982) * ''"A Perfect Arrangement"'' from ''The Invitation'' (1994) * ''Remembrance'' (1994) * ''An Angel for Emily'' (1998) mily Jane Todd & Michael* ''The Blessing'' (1998) my Thompkins & Jason Wilding* ''Temptation'' (2000) * ''"Unfinished Business"'' from ''A Season in the Highlands'' (2000) * ''The Mulberry Tree'' (2002) illian Manville (Bailey James) & Matthew Longacre* ''Wild Orchids'' (2003) * ''Secrets'' (2008) * ''Meant to Be'' (2021) * ''My Heart Will Find You'' (2023)

Anthologies

* ''A Holiday of Love '' (1994) * ''A Gift of Love'' (1996) * ''Upon a Midnight Clear'' (1997) * ''Simple Gifts'' (1998) * ''A Season in the Highlands'' (2000)

References

External links

Jude Deveraux's Official WebsitePublisher WebsiteFantastic Fiction – Jude Deveraux
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