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Elizabeth A. Vaughan is the author of the Chronicles of the Warlands, a new fantasy romance trilogy from Tor Books: Warprize (her first novel), Warsworn, and Warlord (available Spring 2007).

She's always loved fantasy and science fiction, and has been a fantasy role-player since 1981. By day, Beth's secret identity is that of a lawyer, practicing in the area of bankruptcy and financial matters, a role she has maintained since 1985.

Beth is owned by three cats, and lives in the Northwest Territory, on the outskirts of the Black Swamp, along Mad Anthony's Trail on the banks of the Maumee River.]]> female 78070 0765357364 9780765357366 28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170915148m/78070.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170915148s/78070.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/78070.Warprize 4.21 213
Xylara is the Daughter of the Warrior King, Xyron. With her father dead and her incompetent half-brother on the throne, the kingdom is in danger of falling to the warring Firelanders.

Before she was old enough for a marriage-of-alliance, Xylara was trained as a healer. She can't usurp her brother or negotiate a peace--but she can heal the brave ones injured in battle.

But not only her countrymen are wounded, and Xylara's conscience won't let Firelander warriors die when she can do something to save them. She learns their language and their customs and tries to make them as comfortable as possible, despite their prisoner-of-war status.

She never expects that these deeds, done in good faith, would lead to the handsome and mysterious Firelander Warlord demanding her in exchange for a cease-fire. Xylara knows must trade the life she has always known for the well-being of her people, and so she becomes...

The Warprize</DIV></DIV>]]> 38598 3.96 730 104 2005 78071 0765352656 9780765352651 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170915172m/78071.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170915172s/78071.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/78071.Warsworn 3.87 175
When they reach a village marked with the warnings of the plague, Keir forbids Lara to heal the sick, commanding that she not risk her own life. But both Lara and Keir are strong of will and neither will bend easily, even for love; and when Lara disobeys, she pays the price: both she and Keir are plague-struck... and so is their entire encampment.

In the midst of the dying, Iften, a rival warrior, gathers his followers and challenges Keir for the right to rule their tribe. If Keir, weakened by the sickness, loses - he dies.
And so does Lara.

To save her love, her life, and her adopted people, Lara must find a cure for the plague - and fully embrace her sworn role as Warprize to her Warlord.]]> 38598 3.96 730 104 2006 68513 0765352664 9780765352668 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170692846m/68513.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170692846s/68513.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68513.Warlord 4.10 162
Now they face their most arduous task: Keir must take Lara into the Heart of the Plains, and introduce her as the Warprize to the warrior-priests. She must be tested - questioned, examined, watched - and must find favor with the warrior-priests and the tribe's elders before they will confirm her as a true Warprize.

But in Lara's heart there are doubts - for what if she is found wanting? Will Keir give up everything he knows to be with his Warprize?]]> 38598 3.96 730 104 2007 1810286 0425220613 9780425220610 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255792714m/1810286.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255792714s/1810286.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1810286.Dagger_Star 3.61 95
She is a mercenary trained in the ways of war and the blade--nothing more. A woman known only as Red Gloves has come to the land of Palins in search of work. What she finds, however, is the torched fields and razed farms of a land defiled.

If you see her without the gloves, run... This is all Josiah knows about the mysterious woman--until he catches a glimpse of the dagger-star birthmark, a sign that she is destined to free his people from a ruthless usurper's reign of terror.

But she is more dangerous when following her heart... Red doesn't believe in gods. Nevertheless, she finds herself drawn into the rebellion--not by the prophecy or the chance to win the throne, but by the pain of untold loss in Josiah's eyes...]]> 38598 3.96 730 104 2008 3838563 0425227014 9780425227015 9 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3838563.White_Star 3.76 42 38598 3.96 730 104 2009 6759884 0425234673 9780425234679 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6759884-destiny-s-star 0.0 0 38598 3.96 730 104 2010