A Duke by Any Other Name, book two of the Brides of North Barrows series of Regency romances, is now available in an Italian edition.
Daphne Goodenham era sempre stata determinata a sposare un duca, non solo per la sua inclinazione per abiti eleganti e feste, ma perché voleva garantire che lei e sua sorella non fossero mai più indigenti. Quando incontra il Duca di Inverfyre, un dandy di fama, nota subito delle intriganti incongruenze. Il Duca ha qualcosa in più di quello che sembra? Perché avrebbe dovuto nascondere la verità visto che era bello, giovane, ricco e duca? Alexander, il Duca di Inverfyre, era deciso a catturare, a qualunque costo, un noto ladro che aveva ferito sua sorella. Ma quando la bella signorina Goodenham si deciderà ad affascinarlo, il travestimento di Alexander si rivelerà una difesa contro la curiosità di lei e lui non opporrà alcuna resistenza al suo bacio. Daphne riuscirà a sventare inavvertitamente il piano di Alexander? Dovrà sacrificare il suo interesse per vendicare sua sorella? Oppure Daphne potrà rendere possibile il trionfo di Alexander permettendo che il suo desiderio di Natale possa davvero avverarsi ?
Something Wicked This Way Comes, book one of the Brides of North Barrows series of Regency romances, is now available in an Italian edition.
Scommessa da gentiluomo
Sette anni prima, Sophia Brisbane perse tutto – suo padre, suo fratello, il suo patrimonio familiare – ma peggio ancora, fu rifiutata dall’uomo che amava. Determinata a non desiderare il passato e i suoi piaceri, fino a quando non incontrò di nuovo Lucien de Roye. Pur sapendo che Sophia non avrebbe mai potuto essere sua, Lucien aveva giurato di recuperare l’eredità sprecata, scommettendo la sua stessa anima con un demone.
Quando Sophia scoprirà l’accaduto, nessuna forza in cielo o in terra potrà convincerla a lasciare che sia lui a pagare il dovuto al demone, a qualunque costo.
I’m participating in a multi-author BookFunnel promotion this month, featuring heartwarming historical romances. You’ll find a number of multi-author boxed sets on the landing page, like Rogues Ladies and Mistletoe, as well as my own Brides of North Barrows bundle. You can choose your sales portal for each book. This promotion continues for the month of January.
Some years fly by in a hurry and some move a little more slowly. 2022 seemed like a slow-mover to me, but maybe I was the one moving slowly. Covid really gave me a kick in January and it took me a while to get back to my regular speed. I took the month of May off, choosing to spend it in my garden and rethink my work schedule. That was great and I may make a habit of it. After that, I decided to concentrate on my historical romances for the rest of the year.
New Releases:
The Hunter & the Heiress was a surprise addition to the Blood Brothersseries – I hadn’t originally expected Amaury to need his own book, but I was happily mistaken in that. The Dragon & the Damsel was just as much fun to write as I’d anticipated as Rafael and Ceara were a great match for each other. Both of these books were also published in large print hardcover editions, like The Wolf & the Witch, and The Hunter & the Heiress is also available in audio.
I also returned to the Regency era and that interesting courtesan Esmeralda Ballantyne. She inspired a new series called The Ladies’ Essential Guide to the Art of Seduction. I published the first two works in that series, both of which were longer than I’d originally expected. I had this notion that they would be novellas of 25K words or so. Nope. The Christmas Conquest is 40K words and The Masquerade of the Marchioness is close to 70K. I need to block out more time to write these because they are longer, but they are a lot of fun to write.
This year was enormously busy for translations of my historical romances. As you can see below, there were thirty-two of them altogether. While it’s fun to see my books in other languages, I’ve dialed it back twice already because the formatting and uploading is just too much work. I’d rather be writing new stories.
Other Changes:
I did have most of my books in Kindle Unlimited for about a year, but decided this past fall that it wasn’t working out for me. They’re available at all portals again – although my Apple links have changed – and the reloading is a job I’m glad to have done. Some of my translations are still enrolled in KU and we’ll see how that goes in 2023. My newsletter moved to a new service, as well.
Coming in 2023:
I have several pre-orders already listed for the year ahead. First, there will be the next book in the Regency series, The Widow’s Wager, which features the younger sister of the Duke of Haynesdale and her secret crush, her brother’s best friend. The Scot and the Sorceress will be next – that’s Murdoch and Nyssa’s story and the finale of the Blood Brothers series. After that, I’m returning to the Rogues & Angels series with One Knight’s Desire, a tale of disguise and unexpected love. It’s pretty clear what I’ll be doing for the first six months of the year!
This time of year, it’s always fun to indulge in Christmas romances. Here are a few suggestions of mine for your reading list! (In compiling this list, I realized that many of my holiday romances are second chances at love, too – but then second chance romances are my favorites.)
The Rogue Merlyn and Ysabella’s marriage gets a second chance at the Yule
The Snow White Bride Eleanor finds unexpected romance when she takes refuge at Kinfairlie at Christmas
The Mercenary’s Bride Quentin finds love and a second chance when he returns to Inverfyre
A Most Inconvenient Earl Sebastian takes Eurydice’s dare, only to find unexpected love
The Christmas Conquest When Rhys tries to convince Catherine to remain his wife, she steals his heart away
I also am participating in some holiday romance anthologies – the first three are English, then there are Spanish and German collections, too.
Claire Delacroix 