Buy Links for Easter at Airdfinnan

Posted on July 5, 2023 by Deborah Cooke

Don’t miss this new story set in the world of the Bride Quest, coming in December! This one was intended to be a short story, but ended up being a novella. I think you’ll enjoy Margaret and Nicholas’ second chance romance and their battle of wills!

Easter at Airdfinnan is an epilogue to the Bride Quest II trilogy, set six years after the end of The Temptress.

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 story is included in the new 25th Anniversary commemorative hard cover and mass market paperback editions of The Temptress, and will be published on its own in ebook.

Coming December 12, 2023.

Pre-order available at some portals.

A Most Inconvenient Earl Available in German

Posted on June 22, 2023 by Deborah Cooke

The fourth and final Regency romance in my Brides of North Barrows series, A Most Inconvenient Earl, is now available in a German edition. This series is enrolled in Kindle Unlimited.

A Most Inconvenient Earl, a Regency romance novella and book four of the Brides of North Barrows series by Claire Delacroix, German edition

Eurydice Goodenham ist überzeugt, dass eine Vernunftehe mit dem berüchtigten Sebastian Montgomery, Earl of Rockmorton, ideal wäre: Im Austausch für ein Kind kann sie sich zum Schreiben in die Bibliothek seines Landhauses zurückziehen, während er sein skandalöses Leben in London weiterführt. Doch als sie sich in ihren unberechenbaren, verschmitzten und insgeheim ehrenhaften Ehemann verliebt, kann sie da überhaupt noch hoffen, sein Herz zu erobern?

Sebastian ist von den Vergnügungen der Welt gelangweilt, bis ihm das Mündel seines Freundes einen verblüffenden Vorschlag macht. Er kann nicht anders, als Eurydikes Erwartungen infrage zu stellen. Eine wilde Flucht nach Gretna Green überzeugt ihn davon, dass seine unerwartete Braut wie geschaffen für ihn ist – nur dass Eurydike nicht an die Liebe glaubt. Kann Sebastian das widerstrebende Herz des Blaustrumpfs rechtzeitig gewinnen, um ein missglücktes Weihnachtsfest – und eine schief gehende Ehe – zu retten?

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Buy Links for Christmas at Tullymullagh

Posted on June 15, 2023 by Deborah Cooke

Don’t miss this new story set in the world of the Bride Quest, coming in December!

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, and will be published on its own in ebook on December 12, 2023.

Pre-order available at some portals.

The Mercenary’s Bride Available in Italian

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Deborah Cooke

The Mercenary’s Bride, a medieval Christmas novella, is now available in Italian!

La sposa del mercenario is the Italian edition of The Mercenary's Bride, book one of the Brides of Inverfyre series of medieval Scottish romances by Claire Delacroix

Derubato dei suoi averi, ferito e creduto morto, Quentin de Montgomerie ha perso tutto tranne il suo amore per Mhairi, la figlia del Falco di Inverfyre, e sa chi incolpare per il destino che gli è toccato. Giura di tornare a Inverfyre per vendicarsi del Falco, ma, al suo arrivo, scopre che la feroce fanciulla che possiede il suo cuore è diventata una vera bellezza e che il suo bacio ha il potere di restituirgli la fiducia nel futuro. Riuscirà Quentin a dimostrare il suo valore al Falco e a conquistare Mhairi, o lei lo disprezzerà perché lui non è più quello di una volta?

The Christmas Conquest in Spanish

Posted on January 19, 2023 by Deborah Cooke

It has been the week for translations! My Regency romance, The Christmas Conquest, is now available in Spanish.

La conquista navidena is the Spanish translation of The Christmas Conquest, book one of the Ladies' Essential Guide to the Art of Seduction Regency romance series by Claire Delacroix

El amor no era parte del plan cuando su matrimonio fue arreglado…

Rhys Bettencourt, barón de Trevelaine tenía la intención de evadir la maldición de su familia. El matrimonio arreglado con una vulgar literata con fortuna debería haber asegurado la concepción de un heredero. Después de todo, eran las amadas esposas de los Bettencourt quienes morían dando a luz. Pero la práctica Catherine minó los planes de su marido al robarle el corazón. La única manera de Rhys para protegerla era negarles, a los dos, la satisfacción física en contra de sus propios deseos.

Catherine Carruthers se contentó por casarse por consideraciones prácticas y aceptó el matrimonio arreglado para complacer a su familia. Dos años después, Catherine estaba segura de que su aristócrata y apuesto marido se arrepentía de su elección y que su matrimonio nunca vería una mejora. Ella acepta la invitación de ir a Rockmorton Manor por Navidad y tomarse un tiempo para decidir si deja a Rhys y regresa a la casa de su padre. Sin embargo, nada más llegar, Catherine descubrirá unas hojas con sensuales consejos dejadas en su habitación –sin tener en cuenta que Rhys está determinado a convencerla para que se quede. ¿Puede ser su matrimonio salvado?

Armada con información y con poco que perder, Catherine se embarca en una aventura de seducción que Rhys no será capaz de resistir… incluso si teme por el destino de su esposa al dejarse caer en la tentación. Atrapado entre el amor y la maldición familiar, ¿podrá Rhys encontrar una manera de mantener a su adorada esposa a su lado?

Esta edición incluye el epilogo adicional Regalo en la noche de Navidad.