Second Chances Promotion

Second Chance Romance promotion 2022

Here’s another of Erica Ridley’s multi-author BookFunnel promotions. This one features second chance and reunion romances!

You’ll find A Baron for All Seasons, The Damsel and The Rogue on the landing page, as well as a lot of other historical romances. All three of my books are on sale for just 99cents. Some of the others may be on sale and some may be in Kindle Unlimited but they all have second chance or reunion romances. This promotion runs from September 30 through October 17th.

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New Cover for The Last Highlander

In the past year or so, I’ve noticed that romantic comedies tend to have cartoon covers. I’d been thinking of updating the look of my time travel romances, so this time, we went with cartoon covers. The first one to be completed is The Last Highlander. I think this cover is so cute!

The Last Highlander, a time travel romance by Claire Delacroix writing as Claire Cross, 2022 edition

The new edition, with this cover, is processing at the portals in both ebook and print. If you already own the ebook, this may be presented to you as a new edition to download. I’m not sure what Amazon will do as they don’t like to push out updates. If you want a print edition and prefer the 2017 cover, you can buy one directly from me.


The Last Highlander, a time travel romance by Claire Delacroix writing as Claire Cross, 2022 edition

Scotland, 1314—After the Scots reclaim Edinburgh Castle, Alasdair MacAuley only wants to celebrate. But the revels are interrupted by an old crone who claims the castle’s true owner is the legendary witch Morgaine le Fee. Dared by his fellow warriors to go meet the witch, Alasdair heads down a flight of stairs—and tumbles right into another century…

Scotland, 1998—American Morgan Lafayette is in Scotland to enjoy the history, not to ogle men in kilts. So when she stumbles upon a brawny man in a kilt, she is less than enthralled. She is certain he’s drunk for he claims Morgan is a powerful sorceress who has brought him to her magical kingdom! Despite her reluctance, she is intensely drawn to this handsome Highlander and the mystery surrounding him, a mystery that has the power to alter history—and her heart—forever…


“Long after the last word, you will bask in the afterglow of this fascinating story.”

—Rendezvous

Finalist
Colorado Romance Writers’ Award of Excellence for Best Paranormal, Fantasy or Time Travel Romance


Previous Editions

The Last Highlander by Claire Cross, original mass market edition
Original mass market edition
The Last Highlander, a time travel romance by Claire Delacroix writing as Claire Cross, 2011 edition
2011 edition
The Last Highlander, a Scottish time travel romance and romantic comedy by Claire Delacroix
2017 edition

The Last Highlander is a tremendous time travel tale that stars two wondrous lead protagonists. The brisk story line will grab onto readers from page one and not let go until the story is complete.”

—Affaire de Coeur

“With an ending guaranteed to bring a tear and a smile to your face—The Last Highlander is a quick-paced, thoroughly entertaining read. A winner!”

—Writers Club Romance Group on AOL Reviewer Board

Buy The Last Highlander ebook:


At times humorous, at times heartwrenching, this unique time travel deftly combines historical facts with a shimmering romance that defies time and place…The resolution is simply wonderful, and I’m not going to give it away. You will just have to read it yourself to savor the feast Ms. [Delacroix] provides.

—Old Book Barn Gazette

A Duke by Any Other Name available in German

A Duke by Any Other Name, book two of my Brides of North Barrows series of Regency romances, is now available in a German edition. It’s enrolled in KDP Select, so you can read it free with a Kindle Unlimited subscription.


A Duke by any Other Name, a Regency romance novella and book two of the Brides of North Barrows series by Claire Delacroix, German edition

Daphne Goodenham war schon immer fest entschlossen, einen Duke zu heiraten – nicht nur, weil sie feine Kleider und Partys liebt, sondern auch, weil sie sicherstellen will, dass sie und ihre Schwester nie wieder mittellos sind. Als sie den Duke of Inverfyre, einen notorischen Lebemann, kennenlernt, fallen ihr sofort faszinierende Ungereimtheiten auf. Steckt mehr hinter dem Duke, als es den Anschein hat? Warum sollte er die Wahrheit verbergen, wenn er doch attraktiv, jung, reich und ein Duke ist?

Alexander, der Duke of Inverfyre, ist fest entschlossen, einen berüchtigten Dieb zu fassen, der seine Schwester verletzt hat, koste es, was es wolle. Doch als er der schönen Miss Goodenham begegnet, ist Alexanders Tarnung kein Schutz gegen ihre Neugierde – und er kann ihrem Kuss nicht widerstehen. Wird Daphne ungewollt Alexanders Plan vereiteln? Wird er ihr Wohlgefallen opfern müssen, um seine Schwester zu rächen? Oder kann Daphne für Alexanders Triumph sorgen und sich ihren eigenen Weihnachtswunsch erfüllen?

New Apple Links

The Dragon and the Damsel, book three of the Blood Brothers trilogy of medieval Scottish romances by Claire Delacroix

For a whole bunch of reasons, I’ve changed how I deliver content to Apple. This means that the links for my books at Apple have changed. All of the books are still there, and any that you’ve purchased will remain on your device of choice. There are just new links for any that you buy in future.

The first change is for my upcoming releases. If you have pre-ordered any of these books at Apple, your pre-order has been cancelled (because I unpublished that edition). Please re-order again with these new links so you get your book.

The Masquerade of the Marchioness, a Regency romance by Claire Delacroix

The Dragon & the Damsel

The Masquerade of the Marchioness

The Scot & the Sorceress

One Knight’s Desire

When the last of my historical romances come out of Kindle Unlimited, they’ll be republished at Apple with new links.

The second thing is that the links in the Reading Guide that was available at Apple won’t work anymore. I’ve unpublished that volume but the generic edition hasn’t appeared in the Apple store yet. If you downloaded yours from Apple, I suggest you delete it and either download the generic version from BookFunnel or wait for it to appear in the Apple store. The links in the generic version bring you back here to the website.

The other (horrible) thing that happens with this change is that all of the reviews on my books vanish in the Apple bookstore. This is because Apple doesn’t link various editions of a book together. So, if you reviewed any of my books on Apple before, I’d love if you posted your review again on the new edition. I’ve updated all of the links here on my site so you can follow the Apple link on the individual book page to Apple for the new edition of the book. Thank you!

I apologize for the inconvenience. Like most of these changes, all will be better once the transition is done. Thank you for your patience!

Second Batch of Books in Wide Distribution

The Runaway Bride, book #2 of the Brides of Inverfyre series of medieval Scottish romances by Claire Delacroix

And we’re back! My medieval romances have come out of Kindle Unlimited and moving to wide distribution again. The second batch is live at the other portals now, and I’ve rebuilt the links here on my site. I also updated the links on Books2Read for print and audio editions.

The Jewels of Kinfairlie

The True Love Brides

The Brides of Inverfyre

Boxed Sets

There are a few exceptions that will join the other books in the middle of October. The Beauty Bride is still in KDP Select until October 11. That means the boxed sets which include The Beauty Bride (the Jewels of Kinfairlie Boxed Set, First Knights and Kinfairlie Knights) will have to wait to be published wide until TBB is out of KU. I’m in the midst of having new covers designed for all four of the Time Travel romances, so they’ll be republished with the new covers. And I need to update the interiors for both An Elegy for Melusine and Beguiled before they’re published at all portals again.

The Dragon and the Damsel, book three of the Blood Brothers trilogy of medieval Scottish romances by Claire Delacroix

The Wolf & the Witch and The Hunter & the Heiress remain in Kindle Unlimited. The Dragon & the Damsel will be published at all portals for a week, then will move into KU, too. I’ll do the same with The Scot & the Sorceress, then probably take the whole series wide again next summer. We’ll see how it goes.

I’m also going to add the Jewels of Kinfairlie series on Radish. The Rogues of Ravensmuir are already there. I don’t find that my historicals get as much traction there as contemporaries, but if this series does well, I’ll load some more books there. (It’s a bit of a labour-intensive process.)