Jude Deveraux was born Jude Gilliam September 20, 1947 in Fairdale, Kentucky. She is an American Romance novelist. She writes historical romances, and modern day romances, and often writes of the occult or time travel, or reincarnation.
Jude married Claude White, and her early books where written with the name Jude White. She began using the name Jude Deveraux in 1976, and her first book was published in 1977.
She had been a fifth grade school teacher, until she was a published author. Then she resigned and began writing full time.
Ms Deveraux has lived in many countries and in many states in the US, she is currently living in North Carolina, and she also has a home in Italy.
Many of her books follow the Montgomery family, and their cousins the Tagerts.
Bibliography
Single Novels
The Enchanted Land (1978)
Casa Grande (1982)
The Invitation (1988) - a series of short stories
The Invitation II (1991) - a series of short stories (The Matchmaker)
Remembrance (1994)
Legend (1996)
An Angel for Emily (1998)
The Blessing (1998)
Temptation (2000)
The Mulberry Tree (2002)
Wild Orchids (2003)
Carolina Isle (2006)
Secrets (2008)
The Montgomery Family
In the Beginning
The Black Lyon (1980)
The Maiden (1988)
Velvet Series
1 Montgomery brother in each book
The Velvet Promise (1981) (Originally titled Judith)
Highland Velvet (1982)
Velvet Song (1983)
Velvet Angel (1983)
Velvet collections
Velvet Quartet (omnibus) (2003|)
Velvet Song/Velvet Angel (omnibus)(2005)
Middle Ages
The Heiress (1995)
Revolutionary-War Era
The Raider (1987)
Nineteenth Century America
Mountain Laurel (1990)
The Temptress (1986)
Eternity (1992)
Wishes (1989)
Nineteenth Century Britain
The Duchess (1991)
Twentieth Century
The Awakening (1988)
The Princess (1987)
A Knight in Shining Armor (1989) starts and ends in the Twentieth century, although this is a time travel romance, that goes back to Elizabethan England in the middle of the book
Contemporary
High Tide (1999)
First Impressions (2005)
Someone to Love (2007)
Forever Series
Forever (2002)
Forever and Always (2003)
Always (2004)
These three books follow one woman.
James River Saga
Sweetbriar (1983)
James River Trilogy
Counterfeit Lady (1984) #1
Lost Lady (1985) #2
River Lady (1985) #3
James River collection
Counterfeit lady/Lost Lady/River Lady (omnibus)(1984)
James River Trilogy (omnibus) (2004)
Taggert
Chandler Twins
Twin of Fire (1985) #1
Twin of Ice (1985) #2
Twin of fire/Twin of Ice (omnibus) (1997)
Sweet Liar (1992) #3
Holly (2003) #4
The Taggerts are secondary characters in Wishes.
Peregrine Family
The Taming (1989) #1
The Conquest (1991) #2
The Taming/The Conquest (omnibus) (2005)
Summerhouse Series
The Summerhouse (2001)
Return to Summerhouse (2008)
Edilean
Lavender Morning (2009)
Days of Gold (2009)
Scarlet nights (2010)
Anthologies
"A Holiday of Love" (1994) - anthology
"A Gift of Love" (1996) - anthology (Just Curious)
"Simple Gifts: Four Heartwarming Christmas Stories" (1998) - anthology
"Upon a Midnight Clear" (1998) - anthology
"A Season in a Highlands" (2000) - anthology
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