Dear Reader;

Ideas come from many places, but I think the most satisfying story ideas are those that grow out of other stories. When I wrote The Rogue, I fully anticipated that Merlyn and Ysabella’s story would stand alone. In the course of writing that book, however, I became fascinated by Merlyn’s wicked brother, Gawain. I wondered whether the love of the right woman would reform him, and Eglantine volunteered for the job. Their story was told in The Scoundrel. Eglantine had such a passion for her family holding of Inverfyre that I was anxious to see how that story was resolved – my curiosity resulted in The Warrior, about the Hawk’s attempts to secure Inverfyre for the future. Of course, he could not have managed it without the aid of the woman he seized for his bride, Aileen, and her psychic powers.

At the end of The Warrior, there is a celebration, and the entire extended Lammergeier family gathers at Inverfyre. There is a single sentence about Roland of Kinfairlie, his wife and their eight children. Eight children! I started to think about the ruckus of a big family like that and the interplay between all those kids. Before I knew it, Roland and his wife had been tragically killed and their eldest son, Alexander, was left to deal with the legacy of Kinfairlie much earlier than he’d ever expected. For financial reasons, he needs to see his sisters married – although his sisters are used to speaking their mind around their brother and are less than willing to comply with his plans.

My Rogues of Ravensmuir trilogy and my Jewels of Kinfairlie trilogy are linked, but you don’t have to read The Rogues of Ravensmuir first to enjoy The Jewels of Kinfairlie.

The Beauty Bride is the first book in The Jewels of Kinfairlie trilogy. Here you’ll meet Alexander and his seven siblings, as well as follow Madeline’s adventures as the first to be wed. This book was originally titled The Bride Auction and there is an excerpt of it in the back of the original print edition of The Warrior with that title. The title was changed before the book was printed, but the story remains the same.

As with all of my re-releases, I’ve chosen not to revise this book, but to republish it pretty much the way it was published in the first place. There may be a few typos missing in this version, but otherwise it is very similar to the original.

I’ve enjoyed revisiting The Beauty Bride, and hope you enjoy reading it, as well.

Until next time, I hope you are well and have plenty of good books to read.

All my best,
Claire

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