An Update on Audiobooks

Posted on August 11, 2026 by Deborah Cooke

I’ve unpublished the A.I.-narrated Bride Quest audiobooks, so they’re not available any longer. They were created at Amazon last year with their narration tool and were exclusive to Amazon/Audible.

I’m not a huge audiobook fan myself, but I didn’t love the result of the A.I. narration – it’s more of a mechanical text-to-speech than a performance. Also, with the AMZ tool, there was no ability to edit the pronunciation. The result also had to be exclusive to AMZ and Audible – in contrast, the tool at GooglePlay lets you edit the text to improve the pronunciation, and you can download the result to publish it elsewhere. It turns out that you didn’t love the A.I. narration either. These audiobooks aren’t selling, so I’ve unpublished them.

Maybe one day I’ll find a way to have the Bride Quest series recorded as human-narrated audiobooks. For the moment, it’s available in ebook, trade paperback and hardcover.

The Ravensmuir books are available in human-narrated audiobooks, as are the first two books in the Champions of St. Euphemia series. You can see all of my available audiobooks right here.

The Beauty is FR33!

Posted on December 23, 2025 by Deborah Cooke

I’m closing out 2025 with a sale – The Beauty is a free read through December 29! Angus and Jacqueline’s book hasn’t been free before, so here’s your chance to grab my first NYT bestselling title at a very special price.

The Beauty, #5 of the Bride Quest series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix

Certain she will never wed for love, sworn to let no man possess her for her beauty alone, Jacqueline de Crevy has vowed to become a bride of God. But en route to the convent of Inveresbeinn, her party is ambushed by a knight, who snatches Jacqueline from her saddle and spirits her away with him.

He is Angus MacGillivray—not the black-hearted ravisher she fears but a valiant man of honor who has returned to Scotland seeking justice…and revenge. Angus has come home from the Crusades to find his family murdered and his birthright seized. Sworn to reclaim his rightful lands, he has kidnapped the stepdaughter of Duncan, chieftain of Clan MacQuarrie — Angus’s avowed enemy.

But his lovely captive refuses to be the chattel—or ransom—of any man…until Jacqueline senses the yearning heart beneath Angus’s embittered facade. In spite of himself, Angus has let this defiant beauty touch his very soul. And as desire flames between them, a lady fair and her battle-scarred knight will fight for a love that could banish all the sorrows of the past…

“With its well-drawn background and escalating sexual tension, The Beauty is a tale to warm a winter’s night.”
Romantic Times

Bride Quest Shorts are now in KOBO Plus!

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Deborah Cooke

This month, I have two new reads for you if you’re a KOBO Plus subscriber. Christmas at Tullymullagh and Easter at Airdfinnan are now enrolled in KOBO Plus.

Christmas at Tullymullagh is a Bride Quest story and #7 in the series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix

Five years after the end of The Heiress, the brothers Fitzgavin gather at Castle Tullymullagh with their wives and families to celebrate the Yule, and a gentle ghost seizes the opportunity to add to the good fortune of all.

This short story and epilogue to the Bride Quest I is available in ebook on its own, and is included in the new mass market paperback and hard cover editions of The Heiress. Although it actually occurs after events in The Countess, you don’t have to read Eglantine and Duncan’s story before this one.

This story is included in the new 25th Anniversary commemorative hard cover and mass market paperback editions of The Heiress.

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Six years after the end of The Temptress, the family have all been invited to Airdfinnan to celebrate Easter, as well as the knighting of Jacqueline and Angus’ oldest son Fergus. There’s also a betrothal planned between their oldest daughter, Annelise, and Rowan’s son, Nicholas. An arranged marriage between the pair might make sense, but more than one person in attendance is keeping quiet about their doubts. The mysterious vine that bloomed during Bayard’s courtship of Esmeraude is growing again, though, seemingly determined to ensure that the path of true love succeeds. Will Nicholas make a love match instead of an arranged marriage?

This novella and epilogue to the Bride Quest II is available in ebook on its own, and is included in the new mass market paperback and hard cover editions of The Temptress.

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Easter at Airdfinnan Available Today!

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Deborah Cooke

My new Bride Quest novella, Easter at Airdfinnan, is available today!

This novella and epilogue to the Bride Quest II is available in ebook on its own, and is included in the new mass market paperback and hard cover editions of The Temptress.

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