The Hunter & the Heiress Sample Special Editions – and Spiral Notebooks

I’m slowly getting organized after the completion of the Blood Brothers Kickstarter campaign for the new special editions. Yesterday, I realized I had two sample copies of The Hunter & the Heiress in need of homes.

These are the copies I ordered for the video. They have the new cover illustrations – on the case laminate of the hardcover, and duplexed on the inside of the cover for the trade paperback – but don’t have the other content added to the book interiors during the campaign. There is no map and there are no family trees. Still, they’re very pretty books and should be on someone’s shelf. 🙂

You can find them in the store under New Arrivals. There’s only one of each, so once they’re gone, they’re gone.

Also, I added spiral notebooks to the campaign. There’s a set of four, each one featuring one illustration. I ordered some of The Hunter & the Heiress and am really pleased with how well they came out.

They’re 5.5″ x 8.5″ with 80 lined pages inside. The cover has a nice velvety finish.

Spiral bound notebook with the cover illustration for The Hunter & the Heiress
Spiral bound notebook with the cover illustration for The Hunter & the Heiress
Spiral bound notebook with the cover illustration for The Hunter & the Heiress

As is so often the way with printing, it made sense to round up my order quantities, a little above the actual quantity needed for the KS fulfillment. So, I’ll be adding these to the online store, too. The notebooks for The Hunter & the Heiress have already been added to the New Arrivals there.

Blood Brothers Special Editions – and Kindle Unlimited

The Wolf & the Witch, book one of the Blood Brothers series of medieval Scottish romances by Claire Delacroix, special hardcover edition
The Wolf & the Witch special hardcover edition dust jacket

The Kickstarter campaign for the new special editions of my Blood Brothers series ended on Saturday night. It not only funded but we reached stretch goals to add the Blood Brothers map and nine family trees into the new editions, as well as two sets of postcards and one set of bookmarks, printed for backers of signed books and as digital downloads for all backers. I also added some pretty spiral bound notebooks this time and will be doing that in future campaigns, too.

What happens next is the fulfillment, which will be all behind the scenes (pretty much in my dining room.)

Two other things are happening now that the campaign is completed. First, there’s a pre-order available in my online store for these new print editions. The Kickstarter fulfillment will be completed first, then the books ordered through this pre-order. If you pre-order before June 1, your books will be ordered in June and ship to you in July. These editions are signed, so they will ship from Canada.

See the Blood Brothers pre-order at Deborah Cooke’s Books.

The Dragon & the Damsel, book three of the Blood Brothers series of medieval Scottish romances by Claire Delacroix, special hardcover edition
The Dragon & the Damsel special hardcover edition dust jacket

You might notice that the special edition e-books aren’t listed there. That’s because Blood Brothers will be enrolled for a 90-day term in Kindle Unlimited. The first two books have been in KU before, but not the last two, so you’ll be able to binge the series there. The plan is for the books to be enrolled by the beginning of April, which will take their 90-day term through the end of June, but that will depend upon how promptly the other portals remove the books from sale. They have to be available exclusively at Amazon for their KU term.

Yesterday, I began to unpublish the four books from portals with long distribution chains, so depending where you shop, they may be vanishing. The last place I’ll unpublish them is my own online store, since it updates immediately.

My next Kickstarter campaign will be for a new hardcover omnibus edition of my fantasy YA Dragon Diaries trilogy. Watch the blog on my Deborah Cooke site for more details about that.

The Widow’s Wager Now in Portuguese!

The Widow’s Wager, book three of The Ladies’ Essential Guide to the Art of Seduction, is now available in a Português edition. Nicholas and Eliza’s story is called A Aposta da Viúva in Português.

Ela se casou uma vez por dever, mas só voltará a fazê-lo por amor…

A Aposta da Viúva is the Portuguese edition of The Widow's Wager, book three of the Regency romance series The Ladies' Essential Guide to the Art of Seduction by Claire Delacroix

Desde que se lembra, o coração de Eliza North pertence a Nicholas Emerson, um amigo de seu irmão mais velho. Contudo, Nicholas sempre foi indiferente à Eliza, e quando ele comprou uma comissão e partiu para a guerra, ela escolheu um casamento sensato. Viúva e de volta à casa do irmão, ela reencontra o Capitão Emerson e percebe que seus sentimentos não mudaram. Ela aceita o pedido dele para ser a dama de companhia da irmã mais nova dele, Helena, esperando que assim conquiste a atenção dele, com a ajuda da misteriosa Sra. Oliver e seu guia para a sedução.

Nicholas Emerson jamais poderia aspirar se casar com a filha de um duque, em especial uma tão pragmática como Eliza sempre foi. O fato de ela ter se casado por algo tão caprichoso como o amor faz com que ele se pergunte o quão bem ele conhecia Eliza. Ela ainda é a única mulher que chama sua atenção, mas ele sabe que os ferimentos de guerra impossibilitam um casamento. Ainda assim, ele não resiste à chance de pedir a ajuda de Eliza para a segunda Temporada de Helena, e a chance de ter a companhia dela.

Nenhum dos dois antecipa o comportamento selvagem de Helena ou a aliança necessária para defender a reputação da moça. Confiante nos conselhos do manuscrito da Sra. Oliver, acerca das artes da sedução, Eliza coloca os conselhos em uso, para espanto de Nicholas. Como ele pode recusar a mulher que ama, mesmo sabendo que nunca poderá garantir a felicidade dela? Preso entre a honra e o amor, Nicholas precisa aceitar seu legado de guerra e, assim, tentar construir um futuro. Seria Eliza a mulher capaz de curar suas feridas?

The Hunter & the Heiress Now Available in Italian

The Hunter & the Heiress, book two of my Blood Brothers series of medieval romances, is now available in an Italian edition. Amaury and Elizabeth’s story is called Il cacciatore e l’ereditiera in Italian.

Il cacciatore e l’ereditiera is the Italian edition of The Hunter & the Heiress, book two of the Blood Brothers series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix

Niente di più lontano dalle aspettative di Amaury de Vries che unirsi alla compagnia di mercenari del fratellastro nelle terre selvagge della Scozia. Cavaliere e campione di giostre e tornei, si aspetta di ereditare un castello, finché l’uomo che ha sempre conosciuto come suo padre non rivela una terribile verità e lo rinnega. Rimasto senza nulla, Amaury cavalca verso Kilderrick, dove perde il cuore per una bella nobildonna nella foresta. Da uomo pragmatico, sa di non avere il diritto di corteggiare la dama, ma quando lei viene rapita Amaury la segue, deciso a compiere il suo dovere di cavaliere e aiutare una damigella in pericolo.

Elizabeth d’Acron è stata una pedina e un premio, ambita per il ricco patrimonio del padre, ma vuole essere desiderata solo per quello che è. Di nuovo rapita, giura che non si arrenderà a nessun uomo, nemmeno al bel cavaliere che la soccorre. In effetti, non c’è nessuno di più fastidioso di quell’uomo sicuro di sé ma imperscrutabile, così ligio al dovere da poter essere fatto di pietra, ma Elizabeth impara presto a fidarsi di Amaury, che la difenderà ad ogni costo. Non si aspettava di essere sedotta dal suo tocco e tanto meno che lui conquistasse il suo cuore diffidente, ma si è forse innamorata di un uomo il cui affetto appartiene già a un’altra?

Intrappolato tra dovere e passione, Amaury si ritrova ammaliato dalla donna che sfida ogni sua aspettativa, ma sa di avere poco da offrirle. E quando Elizabeth viene minacciata da un ex pretendente che non accetta un rifiuto, Amaury rischia tutto per difenderla, sperando che sia sufficiente. Ma riuscirà a intervenire in tempo? E basterà l’amore per convincere Elizabeth a mettere la sua mano nella sua per sempre?

The Stolen Bride – Today!

The Stolen Bride, book three of the Brides of Inverfyre series of medieval Scottish romances, is available today! Evangeline and Ramsay’s story is a forbidden love second chance romance filled with action and adventure. The trade paperback is in the works. 🙂

The Stolen Bride, book three of the Brides of Inverfyre series of medieval Scottish romances by Claire Delacroix

Ramsay MacLaren owes a debt to the daughter of the Hawk of Inverfyre, one he will never forget‚ for the beguiling beauty helped him escape her father’s dungeon, saving his life and capturing his heart. When he hears that she is to wed a man he knows to be a knave, Ramsay must warn her, though he believes he can never claim Evangeline for his own.


Rebellion in her heart, Evangeline Armstrong hopes for the best from her arranged match with a stranger, dreaming all the while of a single encounter with Ramsay MacLaren, a handsome outlaw, her father’s sworn enemy, and a man whose very name makes her heart leap. Brigands attack her party en route to the wedding, and Ramsay himself corners her, insisting she must not make the match, then steals a kiss that will haunt her dreams.

Evangeline soon learns the truth of Ramsay’s claim when she is the sole witness of her betrothed’s heinous crime. Without allies in his abode, she flees his attack upon her with Ramsay’s aid—who insists they wed for her own protection. Their night together only awakens a desire for a thousand more—and makes Evangeline yearn for a forbidden union that she fears can never be. Can she trust a warrior whose kiss stirs her very soul, choosing him over her own family? Even if Ramsay can defeat his lady’s betrothed and defend her honor, can he win the heart of the lady who holds him in thrall?

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