The Conqueror

Description for THE CONQUEROR 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. 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

This is #1 in The Alexander Trilogy.