The Conquest Author:Jude Deveraux Lovely 17-yr-old Zared Peregrine is the pride of her family, a treasure her roughhewn brothers, Rogan and Severn, will strive at any cost to protect from their ancient enemies, the Howards. The Peregrines have suffered loss enough in this blood feud - their mother, father, four other brothers, and very nearly Liana, Rogan's wife. Fearing they ma... more »y lose their beloved little sister as well, Rogan and Severn train Zared in the arts of war and dress her in boys' clothing - but refuse to allow her to venture outside their fortress alone. So no one knows that the youngest Peregrine is a girl...
Yet when the magnificent knight Tearle Howard returns from a lengthy sojourn in France, it takes him but a glance to realize that Zared is most definitely female...« less