Alexander Trilogy Series by Judith E. French

It was a night never to be forgotten. A night that would forever change two lives...and the course of history. For two long years her father's tiny mountain kingdom had withstood the conqueror's sweeping forces, but now the barbarians had stormed the mile-high citadel, and the women cowered in fear. All but the one called Little Star. Famed as the most beautiful woman in all Persia, Roxanne had the courage of a fierce warrior and the training of a prince of her people... moreIt was a night never to be forgotten. A night that would forever change two lives...and the course of history. For two long years her father's tiny mountain kingdom had withstood the conqueror's sweeping forces, but now the barbarians had stormed the mile-high citadel, and the women cowered in fear. All but the one called Little Star. Famed as the most beautiful woman in all Persia, Roxanne had the courage of a fierce warrior and the training of a prince of her people. When she learned that slavery was not to be her lot, but a brilliant political alliance, she vowed to await her bridegroom with her snarling leopard at her side and silken seduction at her fingertips. For she was no plaything, but more than a match for any man, even...Alexander the Great. less

Surrounded by the exotic luxuries of ancient Alexandria, courted by the world's most powerful men, Roxanne was a woman of privilege—and one with no memory of her past. Flashes of recollection bewildered her: images of a man as golden as any god, of a tiny baby torn too soon from her loving arms. Then one starless night a stranger entered her silken chamber, startling her with his dark savagery, seducing her with his sensual mastery... moreSurrounded by the exotic luxuries of ancient Alexandria, courted by the world's most powerful men, Roxanne was a woman of privilege—and one with no memory of her past. Flashes of recollection bewildered her: images of a man as golden as any god, of a tiny baby torn too soon from her loving arms. Then one starless night a stranger entered her silken chamber, startling her with his dark savagery, seducing her with his sensual mastery. Did he hold the key to the mysteries that plagued her? His tale of empires won and lost, of passion and betrayal, seemed too fantastic to be true, but her heart told her one thing was as certain as the rising of the sun: She had once given all her love to this daring warrior, had pledged her hand and her honor to...The Barbarian. less