ASHFORD AFFAIR On Sale

Three generations… three continents… less than three bucks! For this week only, my very first stand alone novel, The Ashford Affair, has been marked down to $2.99 across all e-book platforms. This is my Downton Abbey meets Out of Africa book.  Spanning Edwardian England, World War I, 1920s Kenya, and 1999 New York, The Ashford…

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THE ASHFORD AFFAIR: USA Today Bestseller!

Thanks so much to everyone who bought a copy of The Ashford Affair— and to everyone who requested it from the library, posted about it, talked about it, or otherwise spread the word. As of yesterday, The Ashford Affair is officially a USA Today Bestseller! I’m so thrilled and so grateful to you for making this…

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On the third day of give aways…

… my author gave to me, three paperback copies of The Ashford Affair! I think you could say there are lords a-leaping in here.  Not so much drummers drumming, though (unless you count a touch of World War I).  And there are certainly ladies dancing in ballrooms in 1914 England and wild parties in 1920s…

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New On the Website: Lost Chapters

Now up on in a permanent place on the Diversions Page, from now unto the next time my website crashes, you can find two chapters that were excised by my editor: the “lost” Chapter 29 of The Ashford Affair, in which All Was Explained, and the discarded Epilogue of That Summer (in which some things…

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Monday Give Away: En Français!

In honor of France’s upcoming national holiday, I’m giving away copies of my books in French! Would you like to read the first two Pink books or The Ashford Affair en français? Then now’s your chance! I’ll be giving away one set of all three here today and another on Facebook later this week. So,…

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Pinkorama #2: THE ASHPEEP AFFAIR

It’s 1926 and a train is chugging its way into the station in Nairobi. For our second Pinkorama, Carla brings us… The Ashpeep Affair. In this scene, Addie has just traveled from England to Kenya to visit her cousin Bea, and, after coming all that way, she’s not quite sure she actually wants to be…

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Calling all Catalan speakers!

Among the many, many author copies that I discovered in my move were several copies of The Ashford Affair in Catalan. Do you speak Catalan or know someone who does? If you’d like a Catalan copy of The Ashford Affair, just post in the Comments below or email me at willig@post.harvard.edu.

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En français!

The Secret History of the Pink Carnation and The Masque of the Black Tulip are now available en français! Or should I say LA MYSTÉRIEUSE HISTOIRE DE L’OEILLET ROSE and LE MASQUE DE LA TULIPE NOIRE? Does anyone recognize those covers from somewhere else? If you’re looking for more en français, you can find The…

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Last day of ASHFORD sale!

Today is the last day to buy The Ashford Affair e-book for $2.99! On July 14th, the price reverts back to the usual $9.99. But there are still a few hours left to buy The Ashford Affair for $2.99 on Kindle and Nook. Enjoy!

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ASHFORD AFFAIR en poche!

The Ashford Affair, aka Ashford Park en français, comes out today in France as a livre de poche! What do you think of the new paperback cover? There’s something rather nicely summery about it, isn’t there? Here it is next to the French hardcover: The hardcover is available from Presses de la Cité; the paperback…

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