Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Crusader’s Bride | 2015 | Claire Delacroix | Buy |
| 2 | The Crusader’s Heart | 2015 | Claire Delacroix | Buy |
| 3 | The Crusader’s Kiss | 2016 | Claire Delacroix | Buy |
| 4 | The Crusader’s Vow | 2016 | Claire Delacroix | Buy |
| 5 | The Crusader’s Handfast | 2017 | Claire Delacroix | Buy |
The Champions of Saint Euphemia is set during the Crusades and follows knights bound by a shared oath of service and protection through individual romantic stories. Claire Delacroix uses the Crusades setting to bring together the religious intensity, political danger, and personal honor codes that define medieval romance at its most vivid.
The five titles — The Crusader’s Bride (2015), The Crusader’s Heart (2015), The Crusader’s Kiss (2016), The Crusader’s Vow (2016), The Crusader’s Handfast (2017) — were published in quick succession. The shared title structure emphasizes commitment and ceremony: each story centers on a knight making and keeping a binding promise, whether to a woman or to God or to both.
The series is particularly suited to readers who enjoy Crusades-era historical romance rather than the Scottish Highland settings that dominate much of Delacroix’s other work.