Free Book Blast Today!

romance Bookworms June 30 book blast

Today’s the day for the huge multi-author promotion at Romance BookWorms. There are over 1000 books free for download, for one day only – today! You’ll find The Crusader’s Bride among the offerings and many more books, too. 

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

Start the Champions of St. Euphemia series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix free

New Bride Quest Swag

I had some new goodies printed for the Bride Quest Kickstarter campaign and wanted to show you. Right now, they’re only available to the backers of the campaign – you can expect this in future, that advance or exclusive swag will be available at Kickstarter. I have these printed in small quantities, so there aren’t many leftovers.

First, there’s a new bookmark showing the 25th anniversary commemorative mass market editions of all six Bride Quest books. This is a really fat bookmark, almost a postcard.

BIG bookmarks for the Bride Quest 25th anniversary commemoraitve editions

I’ll order more of these in the fall and add them to the swag you can request from me, as part of the launch of the new editions in November.

Next, I did postcards of the six cover illustrations. Backers get a set of all six. The new logo is on the back of each one. When these are gone, they’re gone.

Set of six postcards with the illustrations for the Bride Quest 25th anniversary commemoraitve editions

Then I ran some stickers because they’re just so cute. These are tiny, and again, backers get a set of six, one of each cover illustration. When these are gone, they’re gone.

Set of six mini-stickers with the illustrations for the Bride Quest 25th anniversary commemoraitve editions
Six Bride Quest colouring pages

There also is a set of six colouring pages to download, print and colour. I’ll make those available for download here in November as part of the launch of the new editions.

There are a few sets of postcards and stickers left, but I haven’t decided whether to save them for my next Kickstarter campaign and sell them as add-ons or sell them in sets in November from here. If you have strong thoughts either way, please comment on the post.

Aren’t they pretty, though?

The Runaway Bride in Italian

My medieval romance, The Runaway Bride, is now available in an Italian edition!

La sposa in fuga is the Italian edition of The Runaway Bride, book two of the Brides of Inverfyre series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix

Aoife MacNeill è una bellezza, un trofeo da conquistare. Ora che non è più un’ereditiera, vorrebbe sposarsi per amore, ma suo padre ha organizzato il suo matrimonio con Nigel Armstrong, figlio maggiore ed erede del Falco di Inverfyre. Le basta uno sguardo per capire che Nigel non conquisterà mai il suo cuore, ma suo cugino, Ross di Kinfairlie, è tutta un’altra storia.

Aoife sa che non può sfuggire al suo destino, eppure desidera ardentemente tentare la sua ultima carta: fuggire da Inverfyre e sperare che Ross venga mandato al suo inseguimento. Sarà sufficiente un bacio…

Ross di Kinfairlie è un mercenario che mette la sua spada al servizio dei signori, un cavaliere privo dei beni necessari per poter reclamare una sposa. Quando la fidanzata del cugino scappa, corre al suo inseguimento perchè sa di dovere qualcosa al Falco che lo ha addestrato. Ross sospetta che Aoife non sia consapevole dei rischi che corre e infatti l’infido clan dei MacLaren, che cerca da sempre di danneggiare Inverfyre, la fa prigioniera.

Durante il salvataggio, Ross si ritrova affascinato dalla bella e selvaggia fanciulla. Quanto sarà disposto a cedere Ross per garantire la sicurezza di Aoife?

E quanto rischierà Aoife per proteggere l’uomo che ha catturato il suo cuore?

The Masquerade of the Marchioness in Spanish

My Regency romance The Masquerade of the Marchioness is now available in a Spanish edition!

La marquesa enmascarada is the Spanish edition of The Masquerade of the Marchioness, book two of the Ladies' Essential Guide to the Art of Seduction series of Regency romances by Claire Delacroix

No es la mujer con la que él se casó…

Philomena Wright, marquesa de Arlingview, es universalmente admirada por su intelecto, buen sentido y sus esfuerzos caritativos a favor de las viudas y los huérfanos. Una mujer con todas esas virtudes también guarda un oscuro secreto: es, en realidad, la hermana gemela de Philomea, Penelope. Temiendo la soltería, asiste a un baile de máscaras con la esperanza de encontrar un pretendiente antes de admitir la verdad… sólo para encontrarse con un caballero que la conmueve como ningún otro…

Garrett Wright echa de menos tener un propósito, y el peligro, de su trabajo como espía durante la guerra y está aburrido de su disfraz de imprudente libertino. Cuando acepta ayudar a descubrir al ladrón de joyas que se está aprovechando de la sociedad londinense, se ve seducido por una belleza que despierta algo dentro de él, y se muestra decidido a desvelar la verdad, cueste lo que cueste.

Cuando encuentra unas gemas robadas en su poder, Garrett teme que su dama tenga un secreto más peligroso que su propia identidad. Obligado a elegir entre el honor y el inesperado amor, ¿cómo cumplirá con su deber y se asegurará, a la vez, de un futuro feliz con la mujer que ha capturado su corazón?

The Final Kickstarter Bonus – and a Last Chance Sale

I’ve added a bonus to the Kickstarter campaign for the new editions of my Bride Quest series of medieval romances and wanted to share it with you.

It’s a fabric book cover for the hardcover editions. Here it is flat with a copy of The Princess – you can see the inside of it here.

fabric book jacket for the new hardcover edition of The Princess, a Kickstarter reward made by Deborah Cooke

There’s an elastic on the left to hold the book closed when you aren’t reading and a ribbon bookmark with a charm on the end of it.

I had the fabric printed using the design of the dust jacket without any type. Here’s the front on the left and the back on the right – you can see the charm, too.

fabric book jacket for the new hardcover edition of The Princess, a Kickstarter reward made by Deborah Cooke

And here’s the book cover at work. You can also see the cream interior stock in this picture.

fabric book jacket for the new hardcover edition of The Princess, a Kickstarter reward made by Deborah Cooke

This fabric book cover, made by me, will be included with every pledge that includes a SIGNED hardcover copy of The Princess in the Bride Quest Kickstarter campaign. You can buy just The Princess signed in hardcover, the three books in the Bride Quest I signed in hardcover or all six books, and you’ll get one of these fabric covers. Although it’s made for The Princess, it will fit The Damsel, The Countess and The Beauty, since they have spines of similar width. It might fit The Heiress and The Temptress but I don’t have copies of those two yet to be sure, and they are a bit fatter.

This is a one-time opportunity to add this exclusive swag to your collection. There won’t be any extras as I’ll be sewing them to order!

The campaign ends tonight at 8PM and there’s a Last Chance Flash Sale on the signed hardcover editions, available from 8AM Eastern to the end of the campaign. Don’t miss your chance to add this special bonus and these beautiful editions to your collection.

Visit the Kickstarter campaign for the Bride Quest 25th anniversary commemorative editions.