Rachel Debrave | Author

Some lovely news…

Shortlisted and “Highly Commended” by Darley Anderson agent, Rebeka Finch, in @iaminprint.bsky.social 2025 romance competition, my debut novel is making a bit of noise ahead of its release ❤️

📚 Out 16 Sept
🔗 racheldebrave.com
#Romance #SpicyReads #DebutAuthor #HighlandRomance

I’ve been quiet lately as I’ve been recovering from major (planned!) surgery. All went well and I’m doing okay — just resting, slowly.

Book updates & Highland spice returning soon.

#HighlandRomance #ComingSoon

Cover reveal time! 📚

My debut romance A New Hope in the Highlands is officially up for preorder 🧡

🛒 Preorder: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F8W8SPK9
💌 Extras + ARC list: racheldebrave.com

#CoverReveal #RomanceAuthor #DebutNovel #HighlandRomance #SpicyReads #SupportIndieAuthors #ANewHopeInTheHighlands

The cover drops tomorrow…
A brooding laird, a heroine with bite, and one hell of a Highland romance.

📕 A New Hope in the Highlands
📆 Out Sept 16
💥 Get ready to swoon.

#CoverReveal #HighlandRomance #RomanceDebut #SpicyReads #BroodingLaird

Thank you to the wonderful miracle worker Julie Broadfoot for helping me through my natural state of awkwardness and anxiety when put in front of a camera 😅

“Aaagghh, I don’t know what to do with my hands!” Ahaa - a book you say 📕🤓

© Julie Broadfoot
@juliebeephoto.bsky.social

That moment when you find another app (Fable) to distract you 🙈

But it’s good if you’re like me and have a serious reading addiction, yet would like to be a bit more ‘mindful’ rather than just consuming a book 🤷🏻‍♀️

ACOTAR is a reread- despite already having too many books and not enough time 😆

Writing residency for older writers!

Please share!

This is exciting!! I’m a little bit obsessed with Fairyloot 😁

Haha - solid approach!! 😆

I need to try and take a more of this approach, I think. Thanks 😊

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How does everyone else cope with balancing the day job with writing and editing? It’s only Monday and I’m feeling it 😪

#writers #writerproblems

Yes, I definitely agree with that! It’s going ok, thanks 😊 I’m Indie publishing my debut in September so frantically working my way through the final edit before it goes to my editor. Whilst trying to make a decent start on the new romantasy 😅 How about you?

Good news: officially made it to the halfway mark of the final edit of the WIP getting it ready for its copy edit 🏆

Bad news: got sick and now can’t make it to my witchy book club I’ve been looking forward to for weeks 😔

Hey 👋 I’m bumbling my way through this too, seems like a safe enough space to do so though 😊

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It is time for me to write … for those doing the same today - may the words come easy and may your sentences make sense 🤓

Wait what?? My envy levels are rising!! When I grow up I’d like to pack up my laptop and do s^*t like this. For now though, I’ll need to live vicariously through your posts 😆

I hear you!

Thanks 😊 I continue with blinding optimism! And winging it - there is most definitely a lot of that involved too 😅

100% - but without going all Taylor Swift on you, I tend to shake it off and think sod it, and carry on writing 🤷🏻‍♀️ We’ve all got to start somewhere and each time, we’ll have learned something and improved. For me, writing is like breathing - if even 1 person enjoys it, I feel like I’ve already won 🏆

Yes, you most definitely are 💪🤓

😁

Haha - yes! That’s exactly what it feels like! And doing a little celebratory dance when someone engages or says hi, because yayyy, I have a new friend - although that’s probably just me 😆

Thanks for prompting todays dance 😁

Doing this whole social media thing where I actually have no idea what I’m doing, but doing it anyway!

So, just haphazardly following people and engaging with stuff … that’s fine, right 🤷🏻‍♀️

#writers #writerstuff

Ever wonder where someone would get the crazy idea to write a novel? Wonder no more 😉

racheldebraveauthor.substack.com/.../the-estate

So, this is me starting my shameless self-promotion journey. I already have the ick!!

But if, you know, you want to support me on this crazy ride, please do - I’ll be glad of the company 😅

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