Summing Up 2022

2022 was a big year in some ways and a teeny one in others.

I had Covid in January and that certainly influenced results. I had to step back and rethink my working schedule, thanks to that illness and its effects. I chose to concentrate on my historical romances instead of writing and publishing in three subgenres, and I enrolled a lot of work in Kindle Unlimited.

Deborah Cooke's new releases 2022

New Releases:

One exciting accomplishment in 2022 was finishing up my Flatiron Five Fitness series with book #10, When Annika Met Thom. This was supposed to be a short story, or maybe a novella, but these two weren’t having any of that. I’m really happy with how their story came out and how it wrapped up the series.

I had no new releases in PNR this year. 😦 We did, though, begin to produce the Dragonfire Novels in A.I. narrated audiobooks.

I also published bundles in the F5F series, three of them, as well as a bundle of Flatiron Five Tattoo in both ebook and print.

The Flatiron Five Tattoo Boxed Set, including all four contemporary romances in the series by Deborah Cooke
Flatiron Five Fitness Boxed Set 2, including books 4 to 6 of the contemporary romance series by Deborah Cooke
Flatiron Five Fitness Boxed Set 3, including the final four contemporary romances in the series by Deborah Cooke

Translations:

It was a busy year for translations for me with eleven new translations published. “Claire” had an additional 32, giving me a total of 43 translations published in 2022. That’s my busiest year yet!

New Translations of Deborah Cooke books published in 2022

You can find these books under the Translations tab, by language: Português, Italiano, and Español. I have new contracts underway to translate the Dragonfire Novels into both French and Portuguese, so that’s something to look forward to in 2023.

Administrivia:

By the fall, I knew that KU wasn’t working for me, so I republished everything at all portals over several months. I also changed newsletter services in 2022 and I updated all of my ebook interiors. (Wow. There are a lot of them.) My PNR came to live on this website, instead of having a site of its own. There was a lot of work behind the scenes this year and I’m glad it’s done. I also have my first ever Kickstarter campaign running right now, which is an exciting new adventure.

Things were even busier on Claire’s side of my office, but I’ll sum that up on her blog.

2023 is going to be all about new stories. I can’t wait.

Just One More Time in Italian

Kyle and Lauren’s story, Just One More Time, is now available in an Italian edition!

Solo un'altra volta is the Italian edition of Just One More Time, book two of the Flatiron Five Fitness series of contemporary romances by Deborah Cooke

Kyle vuole tutto…
Kyle Stuyvesant non crede nell’amore e nelle storie romantiche. I suoi genitori gli hanno insegnato che niente è per sempre, e lui ha preso alla lettera la lezione. Dopo tutto, c’è solo una donna che lo abbia mai indotto a desiderare più di una sola notte rovente insieme. Date le sue convinzioni, per fortuna lei è sposata con un altro uomo. Problema risolto, fino a quando il marito di Lauren non la tradisce e Kyle non è solo chi le porta la cattiva notizia, ma l’uomo che lei chiama per avere conforto.

Lauren esige tutto di lui…
Dopo che il matrimonio di Lauren implode, lei vuole solo perdersi nel piacere. Chi conosce quel territorio meglio di Kyle, che già una volta in passato l’ha sedotta travolgendola? Lauren non ha mai dimenticato quella notte meravigliosa, e ora che è improvvisamente single la regola di Kyle di evitare l’amore e ogni coinvolgimento romantico assume una nuova attrattiva. Tutto ciò che lei desidera è la soddisfazione, ma ora che Kyle si rende conto di volere di più, riuscirà a convincerla a concedere un’altra possibilità all’amore per sempre, questa volta con lui?

Just One Fake Date in Italian

Just One Fake Date, book one of my Flatiron Five Fitness series of contemporary romances, is now available in an Italian edition!

Just One Fake Date, book one of the Flatiron Five Fitness series of contemporary romances by Deborah Cooke, Italian edition

Tyler McKay ha un piano…
E il piano non prevede una relazione seria a breve. Tra il lavoro e il ruolo di socio del Flatiron Five Fitness, è impegnato a investire nel futuro. Ma Ty sa che presentarsi da solo al matrimonio di sua sorella incoraggerà le donne della famiglia a intervenire in cerca di una ragazza per lui: per evitarlo ha bisogno di una finta compagna, e in fretta. Quando l’unica donna che lo odia entra al F5F, Ty è certo di aver trovato la candidata perfetta, ma Shannyn non gioca secondo le regole di nessuno e ciò non fa altro che lasciare Ty a desiderare di più…

Shannyn Hawke ha chiuso con l’amore e le storie romantiche…
Aveva programmato la sua vita intera, ma è andato tutto storto. Ora sta ricominciando da capo, prendendosi cura di se stessa, vivendo nel presente e seguendo ogni capriccio. Se la sua cotta dei tempi dell’università vuole una finta compagna per un giorno in cambio di un po’ di soddisfazione carnale, Shannyn ci sta. Un’unica sera dimostra che lui è tutto ciò che lei crede che un uomo debba essere, e in più Ty la prende come una sfida a farle cambiare idea su di lui. Shannyn non vuole mai più ritrovarsi con il cuore spezzato, ma si sta innamorando pazzamente e velocemente. È tutta una sceneggiata? Quand’è che una bugia può diventare realtà? Tyler riuscirà a convincere Shannyn a credere di nuovo nell’amore?

Just One More Time in Portuguese

Só Mais Uma Vez, which is the Portuguese edition of Just One More Time, bok two of my Flatiron Five Fitness series of contemporary romances, is now available!


Just One More Time, book two of the Flatiron Five Fitness series of contemporary romances by Deborah Cooke, Portuguese edition

Kyle quer tudo…
Kyle Stuyvesant não acredita em amor e romance. Seus pais lhe ensinaram que não existe o para sempre, e ele levou a lição a sério. Afinal, há apenas uma mulher que já o tentou a querer mais do que uma noite sexy juntos. Felizmente para suas convicções, ela é casada com outro cara. Problema resolvido – até que o marido de Lauren a trai e Kyle não é apenas o portador de más notícias, mas o homem que ela chama para conforto.

Lauren exige tudo de si…
Depois que o casamento de Lauren implode, ela quer se perder no prazer. Quem conhece esse território melhor do que Kyle, que uma vez a seduziu completamente? Lauren nunca esqueceu aquela noite maravilhosa e, agora que ela de repente está solteira, a regra de Kyle de nenhum amor ou romance tem um novo apelo. Tudo o que ela quer é satisfação, mas quando Kyle percebe que precisa de mais, ele será capaz de convencer Lauren a dar uma chance para o para sempre novamente, desta vez com ele?


December Update

Compiling these monthly posts is becoming addictive! It really gives me a sense of accomplishment. Let’s take a look at what was completed in December.

New Release

This month, as is so often the cast at the end of the year, I published two new boxed sets: Flatiron Five Fitness Boxed Set 1 and Dragons First, a bundle of three first-in-series dragon shifter romances.

Flatiron Five Fitness Boxed Set 1, including the first three contemporary romances in the series by Deborah Cooke
Dragons First, a digital bundle of three paranormal romance series starters by Deborah Cooke

Boxed sets are a good way to save money on ebooks – FF1, for example, is priced at $9.99US, while the individual books are $5.99US each. Just One Fake Date is sometimes free, but even so, the bundle is a better deal than buying the books individually. Dragons First similarly is a better deal than buying all three books—it’s 99cents right now, so even if you picked up Kiss of Fire free, it’s a good deal. Better yet, Dragons First has discount codes after each book to save when you continue the series at some portals. (Nook, KOBO, GooglePlay and Smashwords). These codes are comparatively new and I’m curious to see how many of you like them. There’s more detail in this post on my Dragonfire website—plus I got to add a password-protected area there called The Lair. 🙂

One other extremely cool thing happened this month: I regained all of the rights for my Dragon Diaries paranormal YA series and was able to publish my editions in all markets. That was the last of the rights to revert from previous publishers, and it felt really good to have everything back. I’ve gotten used to having the control over my work. 🙂

Flying Blind, book one of the Dragon Diaries paranormal YA trilogy by Deborah Cooke
Winging It, book two of the Dragon Diaries YA paranormal trilogy by Deborah Cooke
Blazing the Trail, book three of the Dragon Diaries paranormal YA trilogy by Deborah Cooke

Pre-Orders

For a while, I’d sworn off pre-orders but have been making up for that this fall. There are three pre-orders for upcoming contemporary romances: Aidan’s book, Just A Small Town Romance, which is book one of my upcoming contemporary romance series, the Heroes of Harte’s Harbor; When Annika Met Thom is the 10th and (at this point) final romance in the Flatiron Five Fitness series, coming in April; The Flatiron Five Fitness Boxed Set 1 is the first series bundle and will publish in December. I’ve also got the pre-order up for The Flatiron Five Fitness Boxed Set 2, coming in June. The third bundle will publish next December. You can find the links for all of them on the F5F Boxed Set page.

Just a Small Town Romance, book one of the Heroes of Harte's Harbor series of contemporary romances by Deborah Cooke
Just a Small Town Romance
When Annika Met Thom, book ten of the Flatiron Five Fitness series of contemporary romances by Deborah Cooke
When Annika Met Thom
Flatiron Five Fitness Boxed Set 2, including books 4 to 6 of the contemporary romance series by Deborah Cooke
Flatiron Five Fitness Boxed Set 2

Claire has four pre-orders right now: first, there’s The Hunter and the Heiress, book two of my Blood Brothers series of medieval Scottish romances. This month, I also added the pre-order for Rafael’s book, #3 in that series, The Dragon and the Damsel. That book will be coming in September. I also added a character list for the Blood Brothers series on the Delacroix website.

The Hunter & the Heiress, book two of the Blood Brothers series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix
The Hunter & the Heiress
The Dragon & the Damsel, book three of the Blood Brothers series of medieval romances by Claire Delacroix
The Dragon & the Damsel

In March, the fourth and final book in the Brides of North Barrows series of Regency romance novellas, A Most Inconvenient Earl, will be published. There’s an upcoming bundle, the Brides of North Barrows Boxed Set, which will publish in August in ebook and trade paperback, too. This one was put together early because I saw this cover art and just fell in love. It’s perfect for Sophia and Lucien, who earn their HEA at Samhain. Don’t forget there’s a family tree for North Barrows that you can download free from the Delacroix site.

An Most Inconvenient Earl, book four of the Brides of North Barrows series of Regency romance novellas by Claire Delacroix
A Most Inconvenient Earl
The Brides of North Barrows Boxed Set, including four Regency romance novellas by Claire Delacroix
The Brides of North Barrows

As for my dragons, the next DragonFate paranormal romance, Dragon’s Wolf, is up for pre-order. It will be pubilshed in May.

Dragon's Wolf, book five of the DragonFate novels paranormal romances by Deborah Cooke
Dragon’s Wolf

Translations

As seems to be the norm now, I had a number new translations published in December. Let’s have a look at a summary:

In Spanish, my one translation teams is continuing with Flatiron Five Fitness and The True Love Brides—in December, I published Just Home for the Holidays and The Frost Maiden’s Kiss in Spanish editions. I also published Dragon’s Heart in Spanish.

Just Home for the Holidays, book seven of the Flatiron Five Fitness series of contemporary romances by Deborah Cooke, Spanish edition
Español
The Frost Maiden's Kiss, book three of rht True Love Brides series of medieval Scottish romances by Claire Delacroix, Spanish edition
Español
Dragon's Heart, book three of the DragonFate novels paranormal romances by Deborah Cooke, Spanish edition
Español

Also this month, Just One Fake Date was published in a Portuguese edition for Brazil. There were a couple more translations that were pushed off to January, which is fine.

Phew! Next I’ll do a round-up of the year. That should be quite a post!