title: Princess: A Private Novel - Hardcover Library Edition
author:  James Patterson 
description: James Patterson has had more <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers than any other writer, ever, according to <i>Guinness World Records</i>. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1977 James Patterson's books have sold more than 375 million copies. He is the author of the Alex Cross novels<b>,</b> the most popular detective series of the past twenty-five years, including <i>Kiss the Girls </i>and <i>Along Came a Spider</i>. He writes full-time and lives in Florida with his family.<br /> <br /><br />
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  The Princess, The Damsel, and The Heiress are works of fiction. Names, places,
  and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used
  fictitiously.
  
  A Bantam Dell eBook Edition
  
  The Princess copyright © 1998 by Claire Delacroix, Inc.  
  The Damsel copyright © 1999 by Claire Delacroix, Inc.  
  The Heiress copyright © 1999 by Claire Delacroix, Inc.
  
  All Rights Reserved.
  
  Published in the United States by Dell Books, an imprint of The Random House
  Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
  
  Dell and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
  
  The novels contained in this omnibus were each published separately by Dell
  Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random
  House, Inc., in 1998 and 1999.
  
  eBook ISBN 978-0-345-53660-0
  
  [www.bantamdell.com](http://www.bantamdell.com)
  
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  Contents
  
  [Cover](Dela_9780345536600_epub_cvi_r1.htm)
  
  [Title Page](index_sp