Deborah Cooke: Author

Category: Medieval romance

  • THE BEAUTY BRIDE Reader Letter

    Dear Reader; Ideas come from many places, but I think the most satisfying story ideas are those that grow out of other stories. When I wrote The Rogue, I fully anticipated that Merlyn and Ysabella’s story would stand alone. In the course of writing that book, however, I became fascinated by Merlyn’s wicked brother, Gawain.…

  • THE SCOUNDREL Reader Letter

    Dear Reader; The Scoundrel is a book very close to my heart. After writing The Rogue, I wondered whether love could redeem a lost soul. Shouldn’t love conquer all? I didn’t think Gawain was entirely bad, although he was certainly naughty. Could the right woman turn him around? I began to wonder what kind of…

  • THE WARRIOR Reader Letter

    Dear Reader; The Warrior was a book that captured my heart from the first moment that the Hawk and Aileen’s story came to me. I love reincarnation romances, and I particularly enjoy a skeptical hero who learns to believe in things he can’t see. The hero of this book, the Hawk, is both pragmatic and…

  • THE ROGUE Reader Letter

    Dear Reader; I’ve always enjoyed reading stories that blend mystery and romance. One of my early reading addictions was to such books, written by authors like Phyllis A. Whitney, Victoria Holt, Daphne DuMaurier and Agatha Christie. These stories featured enigmatic heroes and intrepid heroines, and lonely old castles potentially filled with ghosts (or, at least,…