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Jude Deveraux

(Jude Gilliam White Montassir)
Jude Deveraux (b. September 20, 1947 in Fairdale, Kentucky as Jude Gilliam) is an American Romance novel author who is well-known for her historical romance.

Jude Gilliam was born September 20, 1947 in Fairdale, Kentucky. She has a large extended family, and is the elder sister of four brothers. She attended Murray State University and received a degree in Art. In 1967, Jude married and took her husband's surname of White, but four years later they divorced. For years, she worked as 5th-grade teacher.
She began writing in 1976 and her first book, The Enchanted land was published in 1977 as Jude Deveraux. Following the publication of her first novel, she resigned her teaching position. Now, she is the author of thirty-one New York Times bestsellers.

Jude won readers' hearts with the epic Velvet series, which revolves around the lives of the Montgomery family's irresistible men. Jude's early books are set largely in 15th- and 16th-century England, in which her fierce, impassioned protagonists find themselves in the midst of blood feuds and wars. Her heroines are equally scrappy -- medieval Scarlett O'Haras who often have a low regard for the men who eventually win them over. They're fighters, certainly, but they're also beauties who are preoccupied with survival and family preservation.

She has also stepped outside her milieu, with mixed results. Her James River trilogy (River Lady, Lost Lady, and Counterfeit Lady) is set mostly in post-Revolution America; the popular, softer-edged Twin of Fire/Twin of Ice moves to 19th-century Colorado and introduces another hunky-man clan, the Taggerts. Deveraux manages to evoke a strong and convincing atmosphere for each of her books, but her dialogue and characters are as familiar as a modern-day soap opera's. "Historicals seem to be all I'm capable of," Jude once said in an interview, referring to a now out-of-print attempt at contemporary fiction, 1982's Casa Grande. "I don't want to write family sagas or occult books, and I have no intention of again trying to ruin the contemporary market." Still, Jude did later attempt modern-day romances, such as the lighthearted High Tide (her first murder caper), the contemporary female friendship story The Summerhouse, and the time-traveling Knight in Shining Armor. In fact, with 2002's The Mulberry Tree, Deveraux seems to be getting more comfortable setting stories in the present, which is a good thing, since the fans she won with her historical books are eager to follow her into the future.
Jude married Claude Montassir, with whom she had a son, Sam Alexander Montassir in 1997. They were eventually divorced. On Oct. 6th, 2005, Sam died at the age of eight in a motorcycle accident. Jude has lived in several countries and all over the United States. She currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina and also has a home in the medieval city of Badolato, Italy

A great many of her books follow the same family, the Montgomerys, through time and across continents, leading fans to regularly try to keep track of their family tree in the novels. Their cousins, the Taggerts, also feature prominently in her stories.

Series

Velvet Series

Follows 4 brothers, one in each book:

VelvetJudith (1981) aka Velvet Angel

1.The Velvet Promise (1981)
2.Highland Velvet (1982)
3.Velvet Song (1983)

4.Velvet angle (1983)
Velvet Promise / Highland Velvet / Velvet Song / Velvet Angel (omnibus) (2003)
Velvet Song / Velvet Angel (omnibus) (2005)

James River Saga

Sweetbriar (1983)

1.Counterfeit Lady (1984) - James River series #1

2. Lost Lady (1985) - James River series #2

3. River Lady (1985) - James River series #3

James River Trilogy (omnibus) (2004)

Taggert

1. Twin of Fire (1985) - Taggert series #1
2. Twin of Ice (1985) - Taggert series #2
3. Sweet Liar (1992) - Taggert series #3

4. Holly (2003) - Taggert series #4

Note: Wishes also involves the Taggerts as secondary characters.

Montgomery

: In the Beginning

The Black Lyon (1980)

The Maiden (1988)

1. The Raider (1987)

2. The Princess (1987)

3. The Awakening (1988)4. The Maiden (1988)

5. A Knight in Shining Armor (1989)

6. Wishes (1989)

7. Mountain Laurel (1990)

8. The Temptress (1986)

9. The Duchess (1991)

10. Eternity (1992)

11. The Heiress (1995)

12. High Tide (1999)

13. Someone to Love (2007)

Peregrine Family

1. The Taming (1989) - Peregrine family series #1

2. The Conquest (1991) - Peregrine family series #2

Taming / Conquest (omnibus) (2005)

Summerhouse Series

1 The Summerhouse (2001)

2. Return to Summerhouse (2008)

Forever Trilogy

1. Forever...: A Novel of Good And Evil, Love And Hope (2002) (Male Hero's name is Adam Montgomery)

2. Forever and Always (2003)

3. Always (2004)

Note: These 3 books follow the same character.

Edenton Trilogy

1. First Impressions (2005)

2. Carolina Isle (2005)

Single Novels

The Enchanted Land (1978)

The Black Lyon (1980)

Casa Grande (1982)

Sweetbriar (1983)

Remembrance (1994)

Legend (1996)

An Angel for Emily (1998)

The Blessing (1998)

Temptation (2000)

The Mulberry Tree (2002)

Wild Orchids (2003)

Secrets (2008)

Lavender Morning (2009)

The Invitation (1993) - short stories

First Impressions (2005) (Male Hero's name is Jared Montgomery)

Carolina Isle (2006)

Omnibus

The Invitation (1984)

A Holiday of Love (1994) (with Jill Barnett, Arnette Lamb and Judith McNaught)

A Gift of Love (1996) (with Kimberly Cates, Andrea Kane, Judith McNaught and Judith O'Brien)

Twin of Fire / Twin of Ice (1997)

Upon a Midnight Clear (1997) (with Margaret Allison, Stef Ann Holm, Linda Howard and Mariah Stewart)

Simple Gifts (1998) (with Judith McNaught)

A Season in the Highlands (2000) (with Jill Barnett, Pam Binder, Patricia Cabot)

New Book Titles

Secrets (July 2008)

Return to Summerhouse (Summerhouse. book 2) (July 2008)

Lavender Morning (May 2009)

Middle Ages

The Heiress (1995)
Revolutionary-War EraThe Raider (1987)

Nineteenth Century
AmericaMountain Laurel (1990)

The Temptress (1986)

Eternity (1992)

Wishes (1989)
BritainThe Duchess (1991)

Twentieth Century

The Awakening (1988)

The Princess (1987)

A Knight in Shining Armor (1989),a time travel romance moving between the twentieth century and the Elizabethan Age.
ContemporaryHigh Tide (1999)

Someone to Love (2007)

Anthologies

"A Holiday of Love" (1994) - anthology

"A Gift of Love" (1996) - anthology

"Simple Gifts: Four Heartwarming Christmas Stories" (1998) - anthology

"Upon a Midnight Clear" (1998) - anthology "A Season in a Highlands" (2000) - anthology