Well, this is pretty exciting news. My Rogues of Ravensmuir Boxed Set is #6 on the Indie Bestseller list as of today. I’ve never made this list before, so am pretty excited.
The boxed set remains on sale at Amazon, Apple, B&N and Kobo until tomorrow night, so don’t miss out on the special pricing. (Buy links are on this blog post.)
I’m off to buy myself some knitting yarn to celebrate. 🙂
This weekend, there’s a sale on my Rogues of Ravensmuir Boxed Set.
This digital boxed set includes all three full length medieval romances in this trilogy. You can read excerpts from the individual books in the trilogy, right here.
“A beguiling medieval romance from Delacroix…readers will devour this rich and compulsively readable tale.”
Publishers Weekly on The Rogue
“A thrilling cat and mouse game!”
Romantic Times on The Scoundrel
“Delacroix’s satisfying tale leaves the reader hungry for the next offering.”
Booklist on The Warrior
The boxed set is usually priced at $9.99 but is 0.99 at Amazon, Apple, B&N and Kobo from October 5 through October 8. The sale prices are live this morning, though, so you can shop early. 🙂
September always makes me think of Scotland, possibly because my husband and I were married in September and had our honeymoon in Scotland. The first books in a couple of my linked series are available at discounted prices this month, in celebration of romance and Scotland!
The Countess is the first book in my Scottish medieval Bride Quest II trilogy. Right now, the digital edition is available for $2.99.
The Rogue is the first book in my Scottish medieval Rogues of Ravensmuir trilogy. The digital edition is now just $2.99.
The Beauty Bride is the first book in my medieval Scottish Jewels of Kinfairlie trilogy. The digital edition is now available for just $2.99.
The Last Highlander isn’t the first of my time travel romances, but it’s a Scottish one (which keeps the pattern) and is one I really like. The digital edition is just $2.99 right now.
Here’s a chance for a little armchair traveling to Scotland!
It’s time for another reader contest! The prize for September is a signed trade paperback copy of The Beauty, a medieval romance that was my first New York Times’ bestseller. This is the second book in the Bride Quest II trilogy.
All you have to do to have a chance to win is comment on this post. How easy is that? At the end of the month, I’ll choose a winner. As usual, for every 25 entries, I’ll add another prize. Good luck!
Finally, I can tell you about this collaboration! It’s been in the works for a few busy weeks.
Five Unforgettable Knights is a digital boxed set including five full length medieval romances, that will be available for a limited time, and at a special price. Included are:
The MacKinnon’s Bride by Tanya Anne CrosbyThe Beauty Bride by Claire Delacroix
A Whisper of Rosemary by Colleen Gleason
My Warrior by Glynnis Campbell
&
The Devil of Kilmartin by Laurin Wittig
There’s a reader contest, a Facebook page and a website which includes more information about all five books and all five authors. The boxed set goes on sale September 23, and is available for pre-order at Amazon, right here.
It’s $4.99 now, and will be $4.99 until September 29. After that, it will be $8.99.
I’m having a sale this week, to introduce more readers to my Bride Quest Series.
“The Bride Quest series brings back the glorious time of knights and their ladies in living color, filling our world of dreams with rainbow streams of magnificent adventures, mysteries, ribald humor and divine lovers.”
The Belles and Beaux of Romance
“Be mine for a year and a day and I will possess your heart forevermore!”
Driven from her late husband’s estate, Countess Eglantine de Crevy fled to wildest Scotland to claim a castle, only to find a ruin — and a clan chieftain standing guard. Kinbeath was hers, she declared, vowing to rebuild the manor and launch a bride quest so her daughters could marry for love. But Duncan MacLaren had devised a bride quest of his own, swearing to win the land — and the fiery countess — in a war of sweet seduction…
The digital edition of The Countess, which is the first book in my second Bride Quest trilogy (sometimes called the Scottish Bride Quest) is on sale this week for just 99 cents at Amazon and B&N. It’s free at Apple. The sale price will be available from today through Friday, so don’t miss out!
You can read an excerpt from The Countess right here.
Every time I go to a conference, I come home with a To Do list. This has always been the case, but my lists have become longer with conferences in the past year or so. RWA Atlanta was no different – and I still have list items from BEA in May and even Novelists’ Ink last October. I’m halfway wondering if I should stay home for a year, just to catch up on my To Do lists!
The reality isn’t that I’m inefficient. We’re in a strange market in which everything is changing very quickly – and those who are nimble and take advantage of new opportunities quickly see the biggest results. Also, being indie-published means everything is my own responsibility. While I have a team (a beta reader, an editor, a cover designer, a formatter, etc.) everything stops at my desk. This is the challenge of indie-publishing – being completely in charge and fully responsible – which not every writer welcomes. There is something enticing about the idea of having someone else (like the publisher) do all of the nitty gritty while the writer just writes: the problem is that, in my experience, it doesn’t work out that way very much of the time. As I said many times at RWA this year, my publishers over the past 20 years – by offloading jobs to me – have done an excellent job of training me to publish my own books.
So, what’s on my updated list this time? RWA for me was about opportunity and networking. There are a lot of interesting ideas and possibilities out there, so many that I’ll have to pick and choose. (Sadly, my days still have only 24 hours. Boo.) Kim Killion had a fabulous idea for Thorolf’s cover which I’m hoping works out well. It would be a whole new adventure for me, which is exciting. I’ll let you know more about that when/if the details come together.
Overall, though, my plan for the next year is to write, and all the other stuff will have to fit around the perimeter of that. I’m ready to finish up my existing series and dive into a new project (and there are lost of candidates in my office.) There are two more paranormal romances to finish the Dragonfire series (Thorolf and Sloane) and two more medievals (Malcolm and Elizabeth) to finish The True Love Brides series. I suspect Drake and Ross will get novellas of their own to conclude both series. (In an ideal universe, they will be Christmas 2014 novellas.) I’ll spend the next year researching other story ideas and developing them, maybe even launching something new soon.
These are exciting times. Stay tuned!
My sale has already had results! This morning, The Renegade’s Heart is #338 Paid in Kindle Store and on three lists:
Now, that’s a nice way to start the day!
The sale will actually last three days, because I messed up the dates in booking my advertising. The eReader News Today ad runs today, advertising the discounted price for today and tomorrow. I’m wondering now if Isabella and Malcolm’s book might make it to #1 in historical romance on Amazon. Wouldn’t that be awesome?
Thanks to all of you who bought a copy of either or both books! 🙂
Here we go again – another month means another reviewer contest here on the blog.
There are two monthly contests here on the blog. This is the contest for people who post online reviews of my books. The idea is that if you read one of my books and like it, then post a review somewhere out there on the Internet, you can comment on this post to be eligible to win a signed book from me.
What you need to do to enter:
1. Read one of my books and like it. 
2. Write a review of the book and post it online – you can do that at Amazon, Barnes&Noble, AllRomanceEbooks, Smashwords, Sony, KOBO, Apple, Goodreads or Shelfari. (If I missed a place where you can post reviews, let me know!) Just a word to the wise, here: Amazon has been removing reviews. I’m not sure why, but you might want to post your review on Goodreads or Shelfari so it sticks.
3. Add a comment to this post, saying which book you reviewed. Your comment will be your contest entry.
N.B. Your email address will not be displayed to the world, just to me, and it needs to be right if I’m going to be able to contact you. Also, if you add a link to the book page in question, that’s okay but your comment will go to moderation. Your comment won’t appear immediately, but will be waiting on me. Once I approve it, it’ll be there for all to see. All comments with links go to moderation on this blog.
Please only enter once for each review. If you review multiple books in a month, you are welcome to enter multiple times. The contest is open to international winners.
The Prizes
The winner can choose a print book from the following list of my books – I’ll sign it and mail it to the winner. I do have some gaps in my collection, so here are the choices:
Claire Cross/Delacroix time travels – new trade paperback editions.
Bride Quest I (PRINCESS, DAMSEL, HEIRESS) – mass market copies of TD and TH only.
Bride Quest II (COUNTESS, BEAUTY, TEMPTRESS) – new trade paperback editions.
Rogues of Ravensmuir – new trade paperback editions. I have WARRIOR in mass market, too.
Jewels of Kinfairlie – new trade paperback editions. I have BEAUTY BRIDE in mass market, too.
The Renegade’s Heart – trade paperback edition.
The Highlander’s Curse – trade paperback edition.
The Prometheus Project – mass market paperback of GUARDIAN and REBEL.
Dragonfire – I have all titles in mass market, EXCEPT I have no way to give away the digital short story “Harmonia’s Kiss”. The Dragon Legion Collection in trade paperback is also available.
The Dragon Diaries – trade paperback edition, and UK trade of the first two titles.
The Coxwells – all in new trade paperback editions.
Of course, if you want something in French, Spanish or German, that’s a whole ‘nuther list!
As usual, for every 25 entries, I’ll draw for another prize.
Good luck, everyone!
It will be quiet this week on the blog, as I’m off to the Romance Writers of America‘s annual conference. It’s in Atlanta this year, which is a city I’ve never visited before. I’m looking forward to doing a bit of sightseeing, maybe some shopping, and catching up with friends and business acquaintances. I’m hoping to hear lots of juicy gossip and learn a lot about writing and publishing (because there’s always more to know). It’s like that I’ll bring home too many books, sleep too little, then come home both energized and inspired. It’ll be fun.
If you are in or near Atlanta, the booksigning to raise money for literacy is open to the public. I’ll be signing copies of Ember’s Kiss and The Renegade’s Heart there. The “Readers for Life” literacy signing will be on Wednesday July 17, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at the Marriott Marquis in Atlanta. More info is here.
If you’re attending the conference, I’ll also be participating in the Indie Author Signing, which will be on Thursday July 18, from 3 to 4:15 in the Marquis Ballroom D. I’ll have postcards with QR codes for a free digital copy of Double Trouble and/or a free digital copy of The Beauty Bride from KOBO.
If you’re staying home, then be good this week and stay out of mischief while I’m gone. 🙂 Be sure to pop back here next Monday as there’s something good in the works for next week…
