Thanks so much to everyone for helping to spread the word about the release of The Passion of the Purple Plumeria!

Since this is an unusual time of year for a Pink Carnation book, and I’ve been a little constrained in my movements these past two weeks, I particularly appreciate the help. You all are the best!

The winners of the “Speak Loudly and Carry a Large Parasol” mugs (chosen, as always, by random number generator) are…

— Renee S. (Facebook page)
— Cheryl C. (of Comment #4)
— Emily (of Comment #35)
— Tracy Lee (of Comment #21)
— Toni (of Comment #14)

And, since I found that I had an extra:

— Sue K. (Facebook)

Congrats, ladies! If you’ll email me with your snail mail addresses, I’ll pop your mugs in the mail to you!

Since so many of you have asked me about making the mugs available for sale, I promise that I’ll look into that and get back to you about it shortly….

In the meantime, while we’re talking contests, the August Adventures contest is still open! You can win books by me, Alison Atlee, Deanna Raybourn, Susanna Kearsley, Sarah Jio, Kate Noble and more. You can find the previous eight adventures (with instructions on how to enter each) below on this page, and the remaining two will be popping up here on the website tomorrow and Tuesday.