Deborah Cooke: Author

Tag: Medieval romance

  • 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,…

  • Making Alliances

    I teach a workshop once in a while called the Business of Publishing. (Sometimes it ends up being called the Business of Writing, which isn’t that different.) I taught it again last month at Ottawa RWA. Inevitably, when I prepare for the workshop, I end up updating the market and industry material. I also re-do…

  • The Renegade’s Heart Reader Letter

    Dear Reader; Welcome back to medieval Scotland! The Renegade’s Heart is the first book in my True Love Brides series, which picks up the story of the Lammergeier siblings from my Jewels of Kinfairlie series. By the end of The Snow White Bride, Alexander had resolved to let his younger sisters marry for love and…