The Bluestocking’s Bargain in Portuguese

My Regency romance, The Bluestocking’s Bargain, is now available in a Portuguese edition!

A Barganha da Intelectual is the Portuguese edition of The Bluestocking's Bargain by Claire Delacroix

Patience Carruthers é uma intelectual sem interesse pela inconstância passageira do amor. Sua paixão são os livros, o conhecimento e a melhoria do mundo. Ao descobrir o trabalho da Sra. Oliver, que instrui senhoras acerca de assuntos íntimos e, assim, melhorar seus casamentos, Patience decide que esse volume deve ser publicado em prol do bem público, e está disposta até a aceitar um acordo para se casar com um notório libertino de modo a alcançar esse objetivo.

Graças a uma aposta imprudente do tio, Arthur Beckham precisa urgentemente de uma esposa. Ao afirmar que tem um entendimento com a Senhorita Carruthers, uma dama de bom senso e praticidade, ele talvez encontre uma saída para seu dilema, supondo que a dama em questão seja persuadida a concordar. Ele propõe um casamento de conveniência à Senhorita Carruthers, prometendo fazer tudo o que ela desejar em troca de um filho. Até mesmo garantir a publicação de um volume tão incomum.

Arthur está intrigado com essa dama e com sua capacidade de surpreendê-lo. O compromisso dela com a honestidade o tenta a abandonar o disfarce que definiu sua vida por décadas, mesmo que Arthur tema que a admissão dessa mentira possa afastar Patience para sempre. Será que garantir a publicação do livro pode ajudá-lo a conquistar o coração dessa noiva pragmática antes que seu segredo seja revelado?

One Knight’s Bride Today!

The next medieval romance in my Rogues & Angels series is now available today! One Knight’s Bride is Amaury’s marriage of convenience, which proves to be a lot more passionate than this knight expects. The story is available in both ebook and trade paperback.

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, or that his sole hope of regaining his inheritance is to marry the conqueror’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 matters of importance. Marriage it will be.

Isabella de Marnis is not one to spurn fortune’s favor. She secretly admired the handsome knight Amaury, son and heir of her father’s enemy, long before he rode to crusade. She’s thrilled that he will be her husband and would give him anything – but when Isabella soon realizes that Amaury’s heart belongs to Montvieux alone, fears she is no more than a useful pawn.

No sooner are their vows exchanged than Isabella’s older brother dies in a mysterious accident. When her father is murdered, Isabella fears that those from Montvieux have taken their revenge. Captive in her ancestral home, she never expects Amaury to storm the gates to come to her aid, much less to suggest they join forces to unveil the villain. In every way, Amaury proves himself the valiant warrior of Isabella’s dreams. Her own heart is lost – but when she ensures that his legacy is regained, will Amaury cast her aside forever?

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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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