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.

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

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.

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

New Bride Quest Hard Cover Editions Today!

The new mass market and hard cover editions of my Bride Quest books commemorating the 25th anniversary of the publication of The Princess are available today!

Because there are so many links, this post features the new hard cover editions. Yesterday’s post featured the new mass market editions.

Remember that the hardcover editions include both a dust jacket and a case laminate with the new illustration for the book. They also have the Bride Quest family trees in the back.

new hard cover edition of The Princess, book one of the Bride Quest series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix

new hard cover edition of The Damsel, book two of the Bride Quest series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix

New hard cover edition of The Heiress book three of the Bride Quest series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix

This edition includes the new story, Christmas at Tullymullagh.


New hard cover edition of The Countess, book four of the Bride Quest series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix

new hard cover edition of The Beauty, book five of the Bride Quest series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix

new hard cover edition for The Temptress, book six of the Bride Quest series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix


This edition includes the new story Easter at Airdfinnan.

New Bride Quest Mass Market Editions Today!

The new mass market and hard cover editions of my Bride Quest books commemorating the 25th anniversary of the publication of The Princess are available today!

Here are the links for the mass market paperbacks. Tomorrow’s post features the new hardcover editions.

The Princess

The Princess mass market paperback

The Damsel

The Damsel mass market paperback

The Heiress

The Heiress mass market paperback

This edition includes the new story, Christmas at Tullymullagh.


The Countess

The Countess mass market paperback

The Beauty

The Beauty mass market paperback

The Temptress


This edition includes the new story Easter at Airdfinnan.

The Temptress mass market paperback

New Blood Brothers HardCover Editions

My next Kickstarter campaign will feature new hardcover editions of the four Blood Brothers medieval Scottish romances. The current hardcover editions are large print. These will be regular print. The campaign will launch on February 13 and run through the 24th.

These special hardcover editions will have new covers. The new dust jackets are done, and today’s post is to show them off. Here they are!

The Wolf & the Witch, book one of the Blood Brothers series of medieval Scottish romances by Claire Delacroix, special hardcover edition
The Hunter & the Heiress, book two of the Blood Brothers series of medieval Scottish romances by Claire Delacroix, special hardcover edition
The Dragon & the Damsel, book three of the Blood Brothers series of medieval Scottish romances by Claire Delacroix, special hardcover edition
The Scot & the Sorceress, book four of the Blood Brothers series of medieval Scottish romances by Claire Delacroix, special hardcover edition

Aren’t they pretty? I think they’ll look gorgeous with a matte finish.

Next up, the couples for the case laminates. I’ll show you those images when they’re done.

There will be postcards of the new images, bookmarks, coloring pages, stickers and a MAP, as well as a Blood Brothers world guide in ebook, all available in this upcoming Kickstarter campaign.

The preview page 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