The Hellion’s Heart in Spanish

I’ve fallen behind in letting you know that translations are available, so we’ll play a little catch-up over the next few days. First up, The Hellion’s Heart in Spanish.

El corazón del granuja is the Spanish translation of The Hellion's Heart, a Regency romance by Claire Delacroix

Helena Emerson anhela el romance y la aventura, y sueña con casarse con su duque por amor. Sabe que nunca podría soportar un matrimonio con el serio vizconde Addersley, sin importar lo guapo que pueda ser. Consumido por la lógica y el sentido común, el hombre bien podría ser una estatua. ¡Ni siquiera baila! Ella rechaza su oferta de matrimonio para gran disgusto de su familia, pero está decidida a casarse felizmente o no hacerlo en absoluto.

Pero Joshua Hargood, séptimo vizconde Addersley, no es el hombre que Helena cree que es. Dejó de lado sus costumbres libertinas una década atrás, culpándose a sí mismo del accidente que se llevó la vida de su prometida. Sin embargo, nunca ha sido capaz de resistir un desafío si a recompensa bien lo merecía, y el desafío de socavar las suposiciones de Helena es tentador más allá de todo.

Joshua se disfrazará y planeará ser un granuja solo para la dama con la que planea casarse, convencido de que ese es el mérito de su pasado escandaloso. Helena se encontrará cautivada por su misterioso pretendiente y pronto descubrirá su disfraz, solo para enterarse que el vizconde perdió a su prometida años atrás. ¿Podrá ser su corazón realmente reclamado?

Apenas Joshua está convencido de que su artimaña tendrá éxito cuando su hermano, el que cree muerto en Waterloo, regresa para exigir lo que le corresponde. Joshua debe saber que su resentido hermano solo estará satisfecho cuando Addersley sea destruido, junto a su propia felicidad y perspectiva de vida.

¿Estará condenado a ver cómo se repite la tragedia del pasado o podrá Joshua salvar tanto su legado como a su amada Helena?

New Bride Quest Audiobooks

Amazon introduced a new auto-narrated audiobook feature recently, and I decided to try it out for The Bride Quest series. These audiobooks are available at Amazon and Audible, on their US sites only. This is a new feature so it may perk out to other geos later.

I have mixed feelings about auto-narrated, or AI-narrated audiobooks. As much as I love hiring a human narrator to perform the audio edition of any of my books, the production costs are very high. I don’t think I’ve earned back that investment on any of my audiobooks. On the other hand, these editions are more economical to produce, though they lack the perfomance aspect offered by a human narrator. It is said that some people prefer them for that reason.

The other nice thing (for consumers) is that Amz offers the audiobooks created this way as a bundle with the ebook – it’s only $1.99 more to get the audio as well as the ebook. There are pricing restrictions, and the lowest price I can set is $3.99, which is high for the novella and short story at the end of the series.

I have used the auto-narrate option at Google for audiobooks and several of my Dragonfire Novels are available that way. Unlike the auto-narrated at Google, these ones can’t be downloaded and published elsewhere – they end up being Amz exclusives. Like the Google ones, the script for the audio is generated from the ebook – unlike the interface at Google, the text can’t be edited at Amazon. Pronunciations can be adjusted and pauses can be inserted. I really like being able to edit the text at Google, but there you go. Each portal has their rules. 🙂

If you are an audiobook fan, have a listen and let me know what you think.

The audiobook covers, in this case, are the same as the ebook covers.

One Knight’s Bride Updated Publication Date

I’ve pushed out the publication date for One Knight’s Bride, book 4 in my Rogues & Angels series, until January 21. Although the book is about half done, the words aren’t flowing as well as I’d like. A little extra time – just 30 days more – will help to make Amaury and Isabella’s story the best that it can be. If you have already pre-ordered the book, you may receive a notification from the portal of the delay.

One Knight's Bride, book four of the Rogues & Angels series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix

Amaury de Montvieux returns home from crusade expecting change—but not that his legacy has been claimed by a neighbor, much less that the only way to regain his inheritance is to marry the intruder’s daughter. The maiden is known to be both plain and a shrew, but Amaury does not care: he must hold Montvieux, regardless of the price. He’s never believed that love should stand in the way of questions of importance. Marriage it will be.

Isabella de Marnis secretly admired the handsome knight Amaury, heir of her father’s enemy, long before he rode to crusade, and welcomes this arranged marriage. But no sooner is their betrothal announced than Isabella’s older brother dies in a mysterious hunting accident. When her father succumbs to his grief, Isabella is left alone and Marnis undefended. Fearing that Amaury is responsible, Isabella takes refuge in her ancestral home.

Not to be denied, Amaury storms the gates to claim his bride and secure his legacy. Once victorious, he hears whispers of a plot against him. Has the old enmity between their families undermined their vows? Has his clever wife been scheming to hold Marnis in her own right? Or is she a pawn, trapped in a web of another’s making, in need of Amaury’s protection? Choosing to trust his new bride is the boldest choice he has ever made, but Amaury knows that they can only triumph together. His sole hope is that their alliance is not made too late – but he has not guessed how much Isabella will surrender out of her newfound love for him.

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New Editions of my Magical Romance, Love Potion #9, Today!

The new editions of my time travel romances are available today, in both ebook and trade paperback. These editions have the pretty new covers by Elizabeth Mackey. Today, let’s have a look at Love Potion #9.

Love Potion #9, a time travel romance by Claire Delacroix writing as Claire Cross, new cover

Italy, August 1420: A gypsy named Lilith sees her lover hanged for a crime he didn’t commit. On the gallows, he swears to return to her. Convinced that one day he’ll be reborn, she searched for a fabled elixir—rumored to grant immortality…

Toronto, August 1999: Waiting has taken its toll on Lilith, now a fortune-teller with a gift for matchmaking. So she concocts her strongest love potion ever. She is certain her magic has worked when the spitting image of her one true love moves in next door.

A very practical—and skeptical—single father, Mitch Davison is intrigued by Lilith’s passionate welcome, yet suspicious of her motives. After all, he’s never believed in magic—and hasn’t believed in love since his wife left him. But when Lilith doubts her own intuition, it’s Mitch who must convince her that the greatest gift of all is the talent to follow your own heart…

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New Editions of my Time Travel Romance, The Moonstone, Today!

The new editions of my time travel romances are available this week, in both ebook and trade paperback. These editions have the pretty new covers by Elizabeth Mackey. Here’s The Moonstone.

The Moonstone, a time travel romance by Claire Delacroix writing as Claire Cross, new cover
2025 New Edition

North England, 1390: Falsely accused of witchcraft, ever-optimistic Viviane is sure the truth will set her free. But when her execution is imminent, only a wish on an unusual moonstone pendant bequeathed by her father offers any solace. Thinking it harmless, and sympathetic to her plight, the knight escorting her to her execution grants her request—and is shocked when Viviane vanishes…

Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, 1999: Suddenly, Viviane finds herself in a wondrous realm she believes is the legendary Avalon. Befriended by some rather eccentric locals, she quickly finds the warmhearted island community happily compatible with her sunny disposition. But the hand of justice soon reaches across time and space to bring her back. The hand, however, belongs to the same handsome knight responsible for her freedom. And soon this powerful man, devoted to upholding the law, finds himself caught between duty and a far more powerful emotion…

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