The Temptress

About this book

With the blazing spirit of a true Montgomery, heiress and newspaper reporter Christiana Montgomery Mathison bravely defies the two men who steal her away. Forced into the primitive rain forests of the Washington Territory, she is swept into a thrilling adventure. Amid schemes of greed and intrigue, Christiana resists the advances of one captor, and uses all her wiles to entice the other, the mysterious Tynan…a dark, fatally handsome man who desires her — but who must refuse her love at all costs! Montgomery/Taggert (in chronological order): The Black Lyon (Montgomery/Taggert, #1) The Maiden (Montgomery/Taggert, #2) The Velvet Promise (Velvet Montgomery Annuals Tetralogy #1) (Montgomery/Taggert, #3) Highland Velvet (Velvet Montgomery Annuals Tetralogy #2) (Montgomery/Taggert, #4) Velvet Song (Velvet Montgomery Annuals Tetralogy #3) (Montgomery/Taggert, #5) Velvet Angel (Velvet Montgomery Annuals Tetralogy #4) (Montgomery/Taggert, #6) The Velvet Quartet Velvet (Montgomery Annuals Tetralogy #1-4) The Heiress (Montgomery/Taggert, #7) The Raider (Montgomery/Taggert, #8) Mountain Laurel (Montgomery/Taggert, #9) Eternity (Montgomery/Taggert, #10) The Duchess (Montgomery/Taggert, #11) Twin of Fire (Chandler Twins, #1) (Montgomery/Taggert, #13) Twin of Ice (Chandler Twins, #2) (Montgomery/Taggert, #12) The Temptress (Montgomery/Taggert, #14) Wishes (Montgomery/Taggert, #15) The Awakening (Montgomery/Taggert, #16) The Invitation from “The Invitation” (Montgomery/Taggert, #17) The Princess (Montgomery/Taggert, #18) A Knight in Shining Armor (Montgomery/Taggert F…

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About the author

Jude Deveraux

20 September 1947

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 Mon…