My Regency romance, The Masquerade of the Marchioness, book two of The Ladies’ Essential Guide to the Art of Seduction, is now available in a Portuguese edition!
Ela não é a mulher com quem ele se casou…
Philomena Wright, Marquesa de Arlingview, é universalmente admirada por seu intelecto, bom senso e esforços de caridade em favor das viúvas e dos órfãos. Uma mulher com todas as vantagens, também guarda um segredo que a enche de culpa: na verdade, ela é a irmã gêmea de Philomena, Penelope. Temendo acabar solteirona, ela comparece a um baile de máscaras na esperança de encontrar um pretendente, antes de admitir a verdade a todos, apenas para encontrar um cavalheiro que a afeta como nenhum outro…
Garrett Wright sente falta do propósito, e do perigo, de seu trabalho como espião durante a guerra. Ele percebe estar entediado com o disfarce de libertino imprudente. Quando concorda em ajudar a desvendar um ladrão de joias infernizando a sociedade londrina, ele é seduzido por uma beldade que desperta um sonho, e se vê determinado a desvendar a verdade, custe o que custar.
Quando ele encontra joias roubadas com a dama, Garrett teme que ela guarde um segredo mais perigoso do que a própria identidade. Forçado a escolher entre a honra e um amor inesperado, como ele cumprirá seu dever e garantirá um futuro feliz com a mulher que conquistou seu coração para sempre?
Every once in a while, Amazon discounts print copies of books. I’m not sure why this happens, but it’s a great opportunity to get a print edition at a good price. Quantities are undoubtedly limited, so once the copies are gone, they’re gone. This morning, I noticed these bargains on my books in the US store – I’ve linked each title to the product page for the book at Amazon.com:
Discounted prices might be available in other geos – it looks as if some of them are available in CA, for example – but you’ll need to click through to see.
Edited to add – I hear that the trade paperbacks of The Rogue, The Scoundrel and One Knight Enchanted are also a good deal today. Happy shopping! 🙂
The Christmas Conquest, book one of my Ladies’ Essential Guide to the Art of Seduction Regency romance series, is now available in a Portuguese edition!
O amor não fazia parte do plano quando este casamento foi arranjado…
Rhys Bettencourt, Barão Trevelaine, pretendia, a todo custo, evitar a maldição da família. Um casamento arranjado com uma intelectual de fortuna deveria assegurar a produção de ao menos um herdeiro. Afinal, eram as esposas amadas pelos Bettencourt que sempre morriam no parto. Contudo, a prática Catherine minou o esquema do marido ao roubá-lo de seu coração. A única forma de Rhys protegê-la é negar satisfação física a ambos, indo contra seus próprios desejos.
Catherine Carruthers contentou-se em se casar por praticidade e aceitou um casamento arranjado para agradar à família. No entanto, dois anos mais tarde, Catherine está certa de que o marido arrojado e aristocrata se arrepende da escolha que fez e que o casamento deles nunca será nada mais. Ela aceita um convite para passar o Natal na Mansão Rockmorton, e assim decidir se deixa Rhys e volta para a casa do pai. Contudo, ao chegar, Catherine descobre páginas de conselhos sensuais deixados no quarto dela, assim como um Rhys determinado a convencê-la a ficar. O casamento deles pode ser salvo?
Armada com informações, e com pouco a perder, Catherine embarca em uma campanha de sedução que Rhys será impotente para resistir, mesmo que ele tema o destino de Catherine caso ele se renda à tentação. Preso entre o amor e uma maldição miserável, Rhys conseguirá encontrar um jeito de manter a querida esposa em segurança e ao seu lado?
I’ve made a little change this week – Upon a Midnight Clear, the bonus epilogue to my Regency romance The Christmas Conquest, is now included in the ebook of The Christmas Conquest as well as the print edition. Previously, you had to sign up for my newsletter to download the bonus epilogue.
If you bought The Christmas Conquest after September 28, 2023, you’ll get both.
If you bought The Christmas Conquest before September 28, 2023, your portal of choice might offer an updated version, or you can download if from BookFunnel using the link below.
If you have the newsletter sign up link, it should still work.
Love was not part of the plan when this marriage was arranged…
Rhys Bettencourt, Baron Trevelaine, had every intention of avoiding his family’s curse. An arranged marriage to a plain bluestocking of fortune should have ensured the provision of at least one heir. After all, it was beloved Bettencourt wives who always died in childbirth. But practical Catherine undermined her husband’s scheme by stealing his heart. The only way for Rhys to protect her is to deny them both physical satisfaction, against his own desires.
Catherine Carruthers was content to wed for practical considerations and accept an arranged marriage to please her family. Two years later, though, Catherine is certain that her dashing aristocrat of a husband regrets his choice and that her marriage will never be more. She accepts an invitation to Rockmorton Manor for Christmas to decide whether to leave Rhys and return to her father’s house. Upon arrival, though, Catherine discovers pages of sensual advice left in her room—as well as Rhys determined to convince her to stay. Can their marriage be saved?
Armed with information and with little to lose, Catherine embarks upon a campaign of seduction that Rhys is powerless to resist—even as he fears for Catherine’s fate if he surrenders to temptation. Caught between love and the wretched curse, can Rhys find a way to keep his cherished wife safely by his side?
Ream is a portal designed for authors to deliver content by subscription to their readers. I’ve been setting up my accounts there (one for Deborah and one for Claire) and will be launching my subscriptions in November. This makes now a good time to explain what will be happening over there.
In a way, Ream is like Patreon or Substack – or many other similar portals – in that readers subscribe to a specific tier of content provided by a creator. It might be an essay a month; it might be a chapter a week of a serialized story; it might be early access to a new book. Ream is specificially designed for fiction, though, so that (for example) it’s easy to read serialized content in order. I also like the interface. The other fun thing about Ream is that it creates a community forum behind the paywall – when you subscribe to a tier, you have access to a forum where you can discuss the story with other readers or ask questions of the author. There can also be additional content available to subscribers there, like family trees and glossaries.
There are many possibilities with a site like Ream, but I’ll be concentrating on three different strategies there.
The Book Club I have a lot of completed content and sometimes people find that daunting. My Knights & Rogues Book Club will be launch at Ream beginning November 1. Each month, subscribers will have access to four stories (mostly full-length books) as we work through my various series. This tier is like a lending library – subscribers have access to the content for 30 days. We’ll start with the Bride Quest. (I’m kind of amazed that I have enough completed books to fill an entire year!)
The Book Box Each quarter or so, I’ll offer a book box via Ream. The first one will be signed 25th anniversary commemorative hardcover editions of all six Bride Quest books. You’ll be able to sign up for the book box for a specified interval – this one will be three weeks in November – then you’ll be billed three times. The books will ship in the new year. It’s kind of an installment plan for the special editions, plus you’ll get your books signed and with goodies. These bundles won’t have as many goodies as the Kickstarter editions, just FYI, but will offer a second chance for readers to get the signed editions. (This one isn’t published to the Ream page yet.)
New Stories Under this model, you’ll get early access to a story that hasn’t been published yet. It’s a first peek! The story will be delivered in installments, like a serial, then when it’s completed, subscribers will get the ebook of that story on publication. Some authors share early drafts this way, but I’m too much of a control freak for that. The story will be done before it is delivered via Ream – subscribers will just see it early. I’ll be continuing the Ladies’ Essential Guide to the Art of Seduction this way. In December, we’ll launch with the existing books, then The Hellion’s Heart (and the rest of the series) will be available first at Ream.
How does Ream work? From the subscriber side, you have to create an account, then you have the option of setting your notifications and preferences. When you subscribe to a tier, you’ll be billed immediately for the first month. That will give you access to the available content and community forum. That day will become your billing date, and you’ll be billed every month on that date for that subscription, unless you choose to cancel it. So, subscribe to a tier today, and your billing date will be the 18th of every month. Ream takes care of all sales taxes (which I love) so it’s possible that there will be sales tax on your subscriptions on top of the tier price. The prices are set in USD.
I’ll tell you more about the Knights & Rogues Book Club tomorrow. In the meantime, have a look at my Ream page. You can follow the page for free.
Claire Delacroix 