An Elegy for Melusine: A Medieval Fairy Tale

Claire Delacroix

сеп 2015. · Deborah A. Cooke

O ovoj e-knjizi

Cursed to shift shape for one day each week, Melusine knows that only love can set her free. When she encounters Raymond, a handsome knight in desperate need of help that only she can give, she believes her chance has come. She vows to be his devoted wife and earn his love, even as she chooses to keep her curse secret. When their happy match is tested by misfortune, Raymond vows to prove jealous whispers wrong. Will he be tempted to break his pledge to Melusine in search of the truth? And will his love of his bride survive if her secret is revealed?

O autoru

Deborah Cooke sold her first book in 1992, a medieval romance calledÊThe Romance of the RoseÊpublished under her pseudonym Claire Delacroix. Since then, she has published over fifty novels in a wide variety of sub-genres, including historical romance, contemporary romance, paranormal romance, fantasy romance, time-travel romance, womenÕs fiction, paranormal young adult and fantasy with romantic elements. She has published under the names Claire Delacroix, Claire Cross and Deborah Cooke.ÊThe Beauty, part of her successful Bride Quest series of historical romances, was her first title to land on theÊNew York TimesÊList of Bestselling Books. Her books routinely appear on other bestseller lists and have won numerous awards. In 2009, she was the writer-in-residence at the Toronto Public Library, the first time the library has hosted a residency focused on the romance genre. In 2012, she was honored to receive the Romance Writers of AmericaÕs Mentor of the Year Award.

Currently, she writes the Dragons of Incendium series of paranormal romances and the Flatiron Five series of contemporary romances under the name Deborah Cooke. She also is writing the Brides of Inverfyre series of medieval romances as Claire Delacroix, which continues the story of the family introduced in her popular titleÊThe Beauty Bride. Deborah lives in Canada with her husband and family, as well as far too many unfinished knitting projects.Ê