You’ll meet Duncan, the handsome highlander who challenges Eglantine in The Countess; Merlyn, the mysterious laird who captivates Ysabella in The Rogue; Rhys, the taciturn warrior who makes a marriage of convenience with Madeline then steals her heart with his folktales in The Beauty Bride; Murdoch, the confident knight who defies Isabella to break his curse in The Renegade’s Heart; and Gaston, the honorable knight and former Templar who thinks he only needs a wife to have a son, until he weds Ysmaine in The Crusader’s Bride.
"A beguiling medieval romance...readers will devour this compulsively readable tale!"
–Publishers' Weekly on The Rogue
Deborah Cooke sold her first book in 1992, a medieval romance called The Romance of the Rose published 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, women’s fiction, paranormal young adult and fantasy with romantic elements. She has published under the names Claire Delacroix, Claire Cross and Deborah Cooke. The Beauty, part of her successful Bride Quest series of historical romances, was her first title to land on the New York Times List 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 America’s Mentor of the Year Award.
Currently, she writes paranormal romances featuring dragon shape shifter heroes under the name Deborah Cooke. She also writes medieval romances as Claire Delacroix. Deborah lives in Canada with her husband and family, as well as far too many unfinished knitting projects.