If You Like Jude Deveraux
Updated 9/09
Jude Deveraux began her bestselling career writing historical romances set during the Middle Ages. During the last decade she switched to writing contemporary romance, often with elements of the paranormal, including time travel. Throughout her career she has continued to create feisty heroines, heroes any girl could fall for and memorable stories touched with humor.
Midnight Bride by Susan Carroll (Paranormal)
A hero with a mystical healing power, Valentine St. Leger is doomed to a single life thanks to the prophecy that states that his marriage would lead to an early death for his bride, until Kate Fitzleger uses an ancient love spell that transforms both their lives.
Lords of the White Castle by Elizabeth Chadwick (Historical)
When Prince John accuses Fulke FitzWarin, a young courtier, of cheating at chess, the royal household is thrown into terrible turmoil, sparking a rivalry that could prevent the FitzWarin family from reclaiming their rightful estate.
Charming the Highlander by Janet Chapman (Time Travel)
Stranded in the mountains of Maine following a plane crash, scientist Grace Sutter finds her only chance of survival lies in Greylen MacKeage, a sensuous medieval warrior drawn forward in time to find his destined love.
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (Time Travel)
In Scotland with her husband on a second honeymoon after World War II, Claire enters a circle of stones and is transported back to the Battle of Culloden 200 years earlier, where she must marry a Scot to save her husband.
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory (Historic)
The daughters of a ruthlessly ambitious family, Mary and Anne Boleyn are sent to the court of Henry VIII to attract the attention of the king, who first takes Mary as his mistress and then Anne as his wife. Also try The Boleyn Inheritance or any of Gregory's other historic novels.
Impostress by Lisa Jackson (Historical)
Elyn asks her sister, Kiera, to pose as her at her wedding to Lord Kelan only to disappear the following morning, leaving Kiera with the secret as she and the suspecting Lord Kelan begin to grow feelings for each other.
Joining by Johanna Lindsey (Historical)
When a betrothal that will join England's two most powerful families is announced, not only does the menacing and ambitious King John oppose the wedding, but the intended bride and groom – Milisant and Wulfric – are equally unhappy with the proposed arrangement.
Something Wonderful by Judith McNaught (Historical)
Alexandra Lawrence, an innocent country girl, finds her marriage to powerful Jordan Townsende, Duke of Hawthorne, threatened by a complex web of jealousy, passion, revenge and pride amid the glittering lights of London society.
Knights by Linda Lael Miller (Time Travel)
In medieval England, Gloriana, Lady of Kenbrook, awaits her husband, Dane St. Gregory – to whom she was married as a child – only to be stunned when he returns with a betrothed, and finds herself thrust seven centuries into the future, with the strength of her and Dane's love as her only hope.
The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Passionately in love, Clare and Henry vow to hold onto each other and their marriage as they struggle with the effects of Chrono-Displacement Disorder, a condition that casts Henry involuntarily into the world of time travel.
Mystique by Amanda Quick (Historical)
Hugh the Relentness needs both a wife to make him look better and the green crystal stolen from Lady Alice, but Lady Alice plans only to study natural philosophy and never to marry, so the two make a bargain.
Key of Light by Nora Roberts (Paranormal)
The first in Roberts' Key trilogy follows Malory, a woman gifted with artistic talent, as she races to find the Key of Light – a perilous mission that could either forge her destiny or shatter her life forever. Also try Midnight's Bayou.