Deborah Cooke: Author

This week, three of the medieval romances I wrote for Harlequin Historicals are being re-released in digital editions. This is part of Harlequin’s publication program for backlist titles called “Harlequin Treasury” which goes on sale July 15. My releases are MY LADY’S CHAMPION, ENCHANTED and MY LADY’S DESIRE. There are buy links on my blog HERE, and you can read the cover copy for them on my site HERE. (Scroll down to the bottom of the page – the Sayerne trilogy is the last trilogy I wrote for Harlequin Historicals.) They are using the old covers, but adding a red border around them. I’m very happy about this as the covers for these three books were just lovely. ENCHANTED has a cover by Pino, while the other two have covers by Judy York.

These three books revolve around a holding which I called Sayerne. Sayerne is a fictional location, but it’s based somewhat upon Sion, which is located in the French part of Switzerland (Valais canton). I visited here in the early 1990’s and thought it was a magical part of the world. Sion is nestled in a valley, close to the St. Bernard pass. In the middle of the valley are two peaks, and on the top of each peak is a castle. Since the valley is comparatively narrow, these two peaks offer a great vantage point. They’ve been well fortified over the centuries, again for defensive purposes. There’s also marvelous medieval organ in the lower castle.

Here’s a link to the tourism site for Sion. The pictures me want to visit there again – or at least set another medieval romance there!