New Editions of the Jewels of Kinfairlie Series

I’m updating the covers for all of the Ravensmuir books, and next up are the Jewels of Kinfairlie. The new editions will be available in ebook, trade paperback and jacketed hardcover from retailers in February 2027. You can order copies early from me. I was planning to launch these at Kickstarter, but will offer them through my online store instead.

Let’s have a look:

The Beauty Bride, book one of the Jewels of Kinfairlie series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix, new 2026 cover
The Rose Red Bride, book two of the Jewels of Kinfairlie series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix, new 2026 cover
The Snow White Bride, book three of the Jewels of Kinfairlie series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix, new 2026 cover
The Ballad of Rosamunde, book four of the Jewels of Kinfairlie series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix, new 2026 cover

These books are so pretty! As with the current editions of the Jewels, the Ballad of Rosamunde with be available in ebook on its own, and included in the print editions of The Snow White Bride.

As with the new editions of Blood Brothers, the Bride Quest and the Champions of St. Euphemia, we have new illustrations of the couples for each title. The illustration is on the case laminate of the hardcover, and it’s duplexed (printed on the inside) of the cover for the trade paperback.

Here’s the illustration for The Beauty Bride:

new 2026 illustration for The Beauty Bride

Each print book has a chapter background which coordinates with the cover. Here’s a screenshot of the one for The Beauty Bride:

Chapter background for the new edition of The Beauty Bride by Claire Delacroix

And here’s The Rose Red Bride, first the new illustration, then the chapter background.

new 2026 illustration for The Rose Red Bride
Chapter background for the new edition of The Rose Red Bride by Claire Delacroix

And finally for The Snow White Bride:

new 2026 illustration for The Snow White Bride
Chapter background for the new edition of The Snwo White Bride by Claire Delacroix

Once again, these books are really pretty! I’ve ordered samples to show you, and will make a video when they arrive.

I’ve set up pre-orders in my online store for the ebooks of the new editions, which will ship automatically on August 1. You can see them here:

For the print editions, you have two choices. You can order any of the books individually and get your copy signed. If you order a set of three hardcovers at once, the store will offer free shipping for US and CA addresses, and I’ll order them in July.

Or you can order a complete set of all three to be drop-shipped to you if you live in Canada or the US. This saves you some money as well as getting the books to you early. I’ll also send you a signed bookplate for each book and a bookmark featuring the new covers. The shipping is free for US and CA addresses. I’ll leave the pre-order open until July 1, then I’ll order the books and this bundle will vanish.

This is my fake Kickstarter. 🙂 The idea is that as more people order, I’ll be able to add more goodies. I’d like to do postcards with the new illustrations, but we’ll need 15 backers for that to happen. Fingers crossed!

Video of the New Editions of the Rogues of Ravensmuir Series

The Rogue, book one of the Rogues of Ravensmuir series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix
The Scoundrel, book two of the Rogues of Ravensmuir series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix
The Warrior, book three of the Rogues of Ravensmuir series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix

I’ve shown you the new covers for the Rogues of Ravensmuir series, but now I (finally) made a video, too.

The new editions will be available in ebook, trade paperback and jacketed hardcover from retailers in February 2027. You can order copies early from me.

I’ve set up pre-orders in my online store for the ebooks of the new editions, which will ship automatically on July 1. You can see them here:

For the print editions, you have two choices. You can order any of the books individually and get your copy signed. If you order a set of three hardcovers at once, the store will offer free shipping for US and CA addresses, and I’ll order them in July.

Or you can order a complete set of all three to be drop-shipped to you if you live in Canada or the US. This saves you some money as well as getting the books to you early. I’ll also send you a signed bookplate for each book and a bookmark featuring the new covers. The shipping is free for US and CA addresses. I’ll leave the pre-order open until July 1, then I’ll order the books and this bundle will vanish.

This is my fake Kickstarter. 🙂 The idea is that as more people order, I’ll be able to add more goodies. I’d like to do postcards with the new illustrations, but we’ll need 15 backers for that to happen. Fingers crossed!

Updating Older Books

When the rights to older books revert, republishing them is an obvious choice. I want to have all of my content available to readers, and I want it out there earning revenue. It is a bit of a challenge, though, deciding how much to revise them. The older the book, the more things I want to change! I always want to use everything I’ve learned since first writing the book, and make it a stronger telling of the story. That would also make the story more appealing to readers finding it for the first time. On the other hand, there are people who love these books just as they are and would be disappointed by big revisions.

A balance must be struck. After revising many books for republication, here’s what I do.

For His Lady's Kiss, #1 of the Rose Trilogy series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix

First, any spelling errors and grammatical issues must be corrected. There tend to be more of these with my older books than were actually in the book itself, as I’ve had these books scanned to create a new digital file. The original digital files were on floppy disks that can’t be read anymore, in software that is no longer supported. Digital scans create a lot of goofiness. The OCD scanner can misinterpret things, seeing rn as m, for example – corn becomes com this way. That’s a tricky one to find. Hyphens are seen as fixed details when they’re really just line breaks. Fonts are squished or expanded to make the page count come out right. Obviously, all of that needs to be fixed.

In terms of the content itself, I try to be strategic – regardless of how much I’d just like to rewrite the entire story again. I used to head-hop, for example, which means changing point of view within a scene. I don’t do that anymore and it bothers me now. So, if there are multiple points of view in a scene, I will eliminate the one that takes less space.

I often delete adverbs – I used to really like them. I also simplify sentences. I used to like long sentences with subordinate clauses. Now I break them in two. I may change the scene breaks to improve the flow of the book, and in so doing, may add hooks on the last paragraph in the scene, so that it flows more automatically to the next scene.

In my older medievals, I used a formal structure in dialogue that I thought sounded archaic. (“Glad I am to have learned of your recovery.”) Now it sounds as if every character is Yoda, so I’ve been taking that out. (“I am glad to learn of your recovery.”)

For His Lady's Heart, #2 of the Rose Trilogy series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix

I may make corrections to the background details, based on research into social history I’ve done since writing that particular book. I also update or change individual words that sound modern to me now.

I have, on occasion, modified the story slightly to give the characters more agency – I prefer when the happy ending is achieved because they made a choice and acted, not because they got lucky – or I sometimes revise so that a sympathetic character lives, instead of dying tragically for no good reason. (That’s real life, not fiction.)

Sometimes I change the title, or add series information to the book that didn’t exist in its metadata before. When I change the title, I always note the previous title in the description, so you don’t inadvertently buy a book you’ve read already, mistaking it for a different work. You can see how that looks on One Knight Enchanted – the same note mentions that the ending of the book has been changed.

I think that in making changes and modifications like this, which don’t affect the essential structure of the story, both established readers (with long memories) and newer readers may enjoy the new editions.

For His Lady's Love, #3 of the Rose Trilogy of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix

The rights to all of my books have reverted to me, and most of them have been revised and republished. This summer, I’m working on adding the stragglers into my list of publications. First up will be new editions of The Rose Trilogy, which will have new series information and new titles along with their new covers. After that, I’m planning to republish the two books in The Moorish Series.

There will be only two books outstanding at that point. Book 3 of the Unicorn Trilogy, Unicorn Vengeance, hasn’t been republished and might not be. Because I modified the ending of Pearl Beyond Price, I like that as a series finale.

The last outstanding book is My Lady’s Desire, which I plan to republish as the last book in my Rogues & Angels series. The hero, Yves, is the younger brother of Annelise (the heroine of One Knight Enchanted) and Quinn (the hero of One Knight’s Return) and they will have a family reunion in that book.

The Rose Trilogy Coming in New Editions

I’ve been getting organized lately (ha) and catching up on my To Do list. One of the results is that new editions of the Rose Trilogy are finally going to be published.

This is a loosely connected series of medieval romances that were initially published by Harlequin Historicals. The first book was my first book ever published, Romance of the Rose, and the series grew organically, featuring characters from that book which I liked. Harlequin never branded it as a series, but I often did and you’ll find it referenced as one on sites like GoodReads as a result.

Here are their original covers from Harlequin Historicals. All of these cover illustrations were painted by Judy York.

Romance of the Rose, a medieval romance by Claire Delacroix, originall mass market edition
The Sorceress, a medieval romance by Claire Delacroix, original mass market edition
Roarke's Folly, a medieval romance by Claire Delacroix, original mass market edition

The rights to these books reverted to me a while ago (I have all my rights back now) but I didn’t have book files for them any more. I had all of my older books scanned about ten years ago, a process that results in a Word file, but one that is a mess. There are a lot of strange characters, font changes, misreads, etc., and correcting those files to make them useful can be discouraging. I lost heart and only ever republished four of my eleven Harlequin Historicals.

I did, however, commission new covers for this series almost ten years ago, and they’ve been waiting patiently on me. This past week, I dug into those pesky files – to my delight, some of the newer tools in Word are very useful. I still have to go through the books and edit them line by line, and I will have them proofread, as well, but these new editions are in the works.

Here are the new covers, which are linked to the new pages for the books here on the site.

For His Lady's Kiss, #1 of the Rose Trilogy series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix
For His Lady's Heart, #2 of the Rose Trilogy series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix
For His Lady's Love, #3 of the Rose Trilogy of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix

I’m hoping to publish one a month this summer, starting in June. They will be enrolled in Kindle Unlimited, and the pre-orders will go up as soon as the files are completed.

New Editions of the Rogues of Ravensmuir Series

I’m updating the covers for all of the Ravensmuir books, and am starting with the Rogues of Ravensmuir. The new editions will be available in ebook, trade paperback and jacketed hardcover from retailers in February 2027. You can order copies early from me. I was planning to launch these at Kickstarter, but will offer them through my online store instead.

Let’s have a look:

The Rogue, book one of the Rogues of Ravensmuir series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix
The Scoundrel, book two of the Rogues of Ravensmuir series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix
The Warrior, book three of the Rogues of Ravensmuir series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix

These books are really pretty! As with the new editions of Blood Brothers, the Bride Quest and the Champions of St. Euphemia, we have new illustrations of the couples for each title. The illustration is on the case laminate of the hardcover, and it’s duplexed (printed on the inside) of the cover for the trade paperback.

Here’s the illustration for The Rogue:

Case laminate illlustration by Dar Albert for The Rogue by Claire Delacroix

Each print book has a chapter background which coordinates with the cover. Here’s a screenshot of the one for The Rogue:

Chapter background for the new edition of The Rogue by Claire Delacroix

And here’s The Scoundrel, first the new illustration, then the chapter background.

Case laminate illlustration by Dar Albert for The Scoundrel by Claire Delacroix
Chapter background for the new edition of The Scoundrel by Claire Delacroix

And finally for The Warrior:

Case laminate illlustration by Dar Albert for The Warrior by Claire Delacroix
Chapter background for the new edition of The Warrior by Claire Delacroix

These are really pretty books! I’ve ordered samples to show you, and will make a video when they arrive.

I’ve set up pre-orders in my online store for the ebooks of the new editions, which will ship automatically on July 1. You can see them here:

For the print editions, you have two choices. You can order any of the books individually and get your copy signed. If you order a set of three hardcovers at once, the store will offer free shipping for US and CA addresses, and I’ll order them in July.

Or you can order a complete set of all three to be drop-shipped to you if you live in Canada or the US. This saves you some money as well as getting the books to you early. I’ll also send you a signed bookplate for each book and a bookmark featuring the new covers. The shipping is free for US and CA addresses. I’ll leave the pre-order open until July 1, then I’ll order the books and this bundle will vanish.

This is my fake Kickstarter. 🙂 The idea is that as more people order, I’ll be able to add more goodies. I’d like to do postcards with the new illustrations, but we’ll need 15 backers for that to happen. Fingers crossed!