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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.

Second Illustration for the New Blood Brothers HardCover Editions

My next Kickstarter campaign will feature new hardcover editions of the four Blood Brothers medieval Scottish romances and will run in February 2024. We already had a peek at the dust jackets for the new editions in this blog post. (They’re also on the landing page for the Blood Brothers series.) And we saw the new cover illustration for the case laminate of The Hunter & the Heiress in this blog post.

Today, I’m showing off the new illustration for The Dragon & the Damsel. Here are Rafael and Ceara in their new illustration.

case laminate illustration for special hardcover edition of The Dragon & the Damsel by Claire Delacroix

This image will wrap around the spine. Here’s a digital mock-up of how the book will look when printed, with the dust jacket on the left and the case laminate (which is underneath the dust jacket) on the right:

hardcover edition of The Dragon & the Damsel by Claire Delacroix, dust jacket and case laminate

Another cover that makes me happy!

The preview page for the Blood Brothers campaign is live at Kickstarter now, and you can follow it to be notified when the campaign launches.

Follow the Blood Brothers campaign.

Blood Brothers medieval romances new hardcovers coming to Kickstarter in February 2024

New Store Coming in 2024

In 2024, I’ll be launching my own online store. You might recall that I had a Selz store many years ago and closed it down. I’m excited that I’ll have a store again to market my books.

You’ll be able to buy signed paperbacks in the store, as well as ebooks. I plan to have some exclusive content in the store, too, and more.

As part of this transition, I’ll be removing my series boxed sets from sale at Amazon by the end of the year. They just don’t sell well there, possibly because they’re not displayed on the series pages. (At GooglePlay, where the bundles are displayed with the individual books, they sell quite well.) Beginning in the new year, you’ll be able to get a bundle for your Kindle by buying it in my online store.

I’ll also be able to offer discounts in the store. These will be included in my monthly newsletter, so if you haven’t subscribed to Knights & Rogues yet, you might want to do that now. (If you subscribe but don’t open your newsletters, you might want to change that, too!)

I’m really excited about the new store and can’t wait to show it to you.

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First Illustration for the New Blood Brothers HardCover Editions

My next Kickstarter campaign will feature new hardcover editions of the four Blood Brothers medieval Scottish romances and will run in February 2024. The books are all available in ebook, in trade paperback and in large print hardcovers right now – plus the first two are available in audio. This KS campaign will focus on new signed hard cover editions with case laminate illustrations and more.

These will be advance copies at Kickstarter, too – the new hardcovers will be available at retailers in July 2024. They’re priced at $39.99 US for distribution.

We already had a peek at the dust jackets for the new editions in this blog post. (They’re also on the landing page for the Blood Brothers series.)

As with the new Bride Quest editions, these books will each have a new illustration of the couple on the case laminate. Here’s the first one completed, for The Hunter & the Heiress:

The Hunter & the Heiress illustration for the case laminate on the new hardcover edition

This image will wrap around the spine. Here’s a digital mock-up of how the book will look when printed, with the dust jacket on the left and the case laminate (which is underneath the dust jacket) on the right:

The Hunter & the Heiress hardcover edition with case laminate, by Claire Delacroix, coming in 2024

Isn’t it pretty? The dust jacket, btw, has the cover from the ebook on the inside front flap, so you’ll have both with this edition.

I’ll show you the others as we get them completed. There’s also a map for the series to be completed in January and some family trees, as well as more goodies for the campaign.

The preview page for the Blood Brothers campaign is live at Kickstarter now, and you can follow it to be notified when the campaign launches.

Follow the Blood Brothers campaign.

Blood Brothers medieval romances new hardcovers coming to Kickstarter in February 2024

Free Book Blast Today!

December 27, 2023 Book Blast at Romance Bookworms

Today’s the day for the huge multi-author promotion at Romance BookWorms. There are over 2000 books free for download, for one day only – today! You’ll find The Beauty Bride among the offerings and many more books, too. 

Hurry on over to the landing page so you don’t miss out!

The Beauty Bride, book one of the Jewels of Kinfairlie series of medieval Scottish romances by Claire Delacroix, is free August 2020