title: The Crusader's Bride: The Champions of Saint Euphemia Book 1
author:  Claire Delacroix 
description: Bestselling author Claire Delacroix published her first romance novel - a medieval romance called THE ROMANCE OF THE ROSE - in 1993. Since then, she has published over forty romance novels and numerous novellas, including time travel romances, contemporary romances and paranormal romances. THE BEAUTY, part of her successful Bride Quest series, was her first book to land on the <i>New York Times</i> list of bestselling books. Claire has written under the name Claire Cross and continues to write as Deborah Cooke as well as Claire Delacroix. Claire makes her home in Canada with her family, a large undisciplined garden and a growing number of incomplete knitting projects.
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  # The Chaplet of Pearls
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Charlotte M Yonge
  
  
  This page copyright © 2002 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  CHAPTER I. THE BRIDAL OF THE WHITE AND BLACK
  
  
  CHAPTER II. THE SEPARATION
  
  
  CHAPTER III. THE FAMILY COUNCIL
  
  
  CHAPTER IV. TITHONUS
  
  
  CHAPTER V. THE CONVENT BIRD
  
  
  CHAPTER VI. FOULLY COZENED
  
  
  CHAPTER VII. THE QUEEN'S PASTORAL
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII. 'LE BROUILON'
  
  
  CHAPTER IX. THE WEDDING WITH CRIMSON FAVOURS
  
  
  CHAPTER X. MONSIEUR'S BALLET.
  
  
  CHAPTER XI. THE KING'S TRAGEDY.
  
  
  CHAPTER XII. THE PALACE OF SLAUGHTER
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII. THE BRIDEGROOM'S ARRIVAL
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV. SWEET HEART
  
  
  CHAPTER XV. NOTRE-DAME DE BELLAISE*
  
  
  CHAPTER XVI. THE HEARTHS AND THICKETS OF THE
  
  
  BOCAGE.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVII. THE GHOSTS OF THE TEMPLARS
  
  
  CHAPTER XVIII. THE MOONBEAM
  
  
  CHAPTER XIX. LA RUE DES TROIS FEES
  
  
  CHAPTER XX. THE ABBE.
  
  
  CHAPTER XXI. UNDER THE WALNUT-TREE
  
  
  CHAPTER XXII. DEPARTURE
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIII. THE EMPTY CRADLE
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIV. THE GOO