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About Deborah Cooke

I write romance novels, including medieval romances as Claire Delacroix, and contemporary and paranormal romances as Deborah Cooke. I also am an avid knitter and sewist.

All’s Fair in Love & War

There’s a new boxed set of my medieval romances available today, and it’s priced at 99¢ for this week only! Do you have your copy yet?

All's Fair in Love and War: Four Enemies-to-Lovers Medieval Romances by Claire DelacroixAll’s Fair in Love and War: Four Enemies-to-Lovers Medieval Romances

Be swept away by four thrilling medieval romances by the “Queen of Medieval Romance”, each featuring a defiant lady at odds with a persistent and powerful knight. Sparks fly in these battles of wills, but passion will win the day.

In One Knight’s Return, Melissande is compelled by her overlord to marry a rough knight just home from crusade – the alternative is to surrender her family holding completely. She knows the kind of knight who will hold her heart, and Quinn de Sayerne isn’t it. Quinn, on the other hand, knows what it’s like to risk everything and is determined to make their arranged marriage into a real one—no matter what the cost to his beautiful wife’s pride.

All's Fair in Love and War: Four Enemies-to-Lovers Medieval Romances by Claire DelacroixIn The Scoundrel, Evangeline will do anything to retrieve the relic stolen from the chapel in her family holding, even seduce the thief himself to capture the prize. Gawain has always lived outside the law, a charming rebel protecting his own advantage, but Evangeline’s devotion to Inverfyre makes him question is choices. If he changed his ways, could this beguiling, brilliant, maddening woman come to love him?

In The Rose Red Bride, Erik abducts Vivienne to avenge himself against his wicked brother. Fueled by anger, he expects little of his captive except a son—but Vivienne is precisely the woman to take Erik’s cause once she learns his story. If Vivienne can ensure that Erik’s stolen legacy is regained, will her embittered but honorable husband find room in his heart for her?

In The Warrior’s Prize, Elizabeth challenges Rafael to change his ways, skeptical that the mercenary who nearly cost her brother his life is capable of redemption. But Rafael sees his comrade’s sister as an angel sent to save him, and when he realizes that she’s in peril of being claimed by the Fae king himself, Rafael will pay any price to save the only maiden bold enough to challenge him. But will his all be enough for Elizabeth?

Indulge in four sweeping medieval romances to warm a winter’s night—at a special price for one week only!

Discounted to 99 cents until March 28th only.

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This collection will not be available in print.

Books for Solidarity

Tanya's March 2020 Books for Solidarity promotionI’m participating with a number of other authors in a promotion this week featuring free books. The goal is to provide readers stuck at home in self-quarantine with some new books to read. You’ll find a lot of historical romances on the landing page, some of which are available at the retail portals and some of which you can download free from BookFunnel. Some books are in Kindle Unlimited. My own books, The Crusader’s Bride, The Beauty Bride and Kiss of Fire are included. (Mine are all series starters.)

The sale is from March 16 through March 20.

Hop on over to the landing page and browse for your new free read!

Updated Print Editions

This past month, I’ve updated the print interiors for the True Love Brides series of medieval Scottish romances. This is a job I’ve been meaning to do for quite a while. They were the only print editions in the Ravensmuir world that didn’t have the pretty illuminated caps at the beginning of each chapter – like this:

The Frost Maiden's Kiss, a medieval Scottish romance by Claire Delacroix, in its print editionWhen I set up a book interior for printing, I use a template, and the template that includes these pretty caps is different than the one I was using when the True Love Brides and the Champions of St. Euphemia series were first published. I redid the interiors for the Champions of St. Euphemia when the covers were updated and noticed that the page count with this template ended up being lower – that can mean (depending on the territory and portal) that the price of the print book is slightly lower. That was all the impetus I needed to update the True Love Brides, as well.

The Warrior’s Prize, for example, which is the longest of the four books, has gone from 356 pages to 326 pages. The books look the same on the outside, but they’re prettier inside. They might be a little cheaper, too. 🙂

The Renegade's Heart, #1 of the True Love Brides series of medieval Scottish romances by Claire Delacroix  The Highlander's Curse, #2 of the True Love Brides series of medieval Scottish romances by Claire Delacroix  The Frost Maiden's Kiss, #3 of the True Love Brides series of medieval Scottish romances by Claire Delacroix  The Warrior's Prize, #4 of the True Love Brides series of medieval Scottish romances by Claire Delacroix

New Release – The Rose Red Bride in Italian

The Rose Red Bride is now available in an Italian edition – La Leggenda della Rosa Rossa!

La leggenda della Rosa Rosso, The Rose Red Bride, book two of the Jewels of Kinfairlie series of medieval Scottish romances by Claire Delacroix in Italian

Più preziosi dell’oro sono i Gioielli di Kinfairlie, e solo l’uomo più degno può combattere per ottenere il loro amore…Il Laird di Kinfairlie ha delle sorelle nubili, ognuna a suo modo una gemma. E lui non ha altra scelta se non quella di trovare loro un marito il più presto possibile.

Come l’eroina di un’antica leggenda, Vivienne attende nella stanza più alta della torre l’amante che sogna da sempre. E nell’oscurità lui arriva, avvolto in un mantello e incappucciato, in modo che lei non veda il suo volto. La ama dolcemente, completamente…e Vivienne capisce di aver incontrato il suo destino.

Ma alla luce del mattino, il sogno va in frantumi. Erik Sinclair di Blackleith non è un eroe romantico, ma un guerriero diseredato che ha pianificato il suo rapimento per riconquistare la propria eredità.

Indignata dal fatto che Erik abbia bisogno di lei solo perchè gli dia un figlio, ma, nello stesso tempo, intrappolata nella passione che l’uomo risveglia in lei, Vivienne si rende conto che il suo taciturno marito è un uomo migliore di quanto avesse immaginato.
Ma Erik non crede alla crescente fiducia che la moglie nutre per lui e al suo desiderio di aiutarlo a riprendersi ciò che gli spetta. Nè tantomeno sospetta che lei intenda conquistare anche il suo cuore di ghiaccio.

“Una storia bella, sconvolgente, emozionante. Cinque cuori!” The Romance Studio

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