Ashford Affair
Website Makeover, Etc.
As I may have mentioned here before, my website is getting a makeover. In exciting and late-breaking news, I’ve just heard that the new site may be going live this coming Monday! I’ve seen sample pages and I really can’t wait for you all to see the new look. On a related note, the site…
Read MoreA DOWNTON Fix
For those of you who have been missing your weekly fix of Downton Abbey, fear not! It’s coming back in just a few short months. You can find the newly released trailer for the third season here. By happy coincidence, a large chunk of The Ashford Affair takes place at the exact same time and…
Read MoreMiles's Manor
Thanks so much to everyone who contributed a suggestion for the name of Miles’s ancestral estate! I have to admit, I’m still dithering over the name, but, in the meantime, I’d like to offer anyone who contributed a house name one of these snazzy Ashford Affair calendar magnets: (It was late. I was bored. There…
Read MoreUpcoming Books
I now have release dates for all this year’s upcoming books! Ready for it? Here we go…. — December 31, 2012: The Garden Intrigue (paperback). Currently available for pre-order from Amazon, B&N, Books-A-Million, Indiebound, and Powell’s. — April 2, 2013: The Ashford Affair (hardcover). Currently available for pre-order from Amazon, B&N, Books-A-Million, Indiebound, and Powell’s.…
Read MoreASHFORD Around the World
I just got word of two new foreign editions of The Ashford Affair! In addition to English, Ashford will be available in Italian, Polish, Spanish, and German. I’m particularly excited because I’ve never had a Polish or Italian edition of any of my books before. I wonder which language we’ll see next?
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Why 1999?
Last week, I posted Chapter One of The Ashford Affair. The book goes back and forth between England in the 1910s and early 1920s, Kenya in the mid to late 1920s, and New York in 1999. If the New York bit is meant to be the modern portion, why 1999? Other than the fact that…
Read MoreASHFORD: The Final Cover!
My publisher just sent me the last, absolutely the last, tweaked to perfection, high resolution version of the cover of The Ashford Affair. So if anyone would like the high res version to share on your blog, post on Facebook, or paste on your bedroom walls, here it is! (Or email me if you need…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Meet Clemmie
Like the Pink books, The Ashford Affair goes back and forth between the historical story and the present day. (Well, almost present day. It’s 1999 in the world of the book, which is longer ago than it should be.) In this instance, my modern heroine is Clemmie, a thirty-four year old associate at a major…
Read MoreASHFORD on B&N
The roll call of major retailers is complete! The Ashford Affair popped up on B&N this morning. Ashford is now up for pre-order on B&N, Amazon, Books-A-Million, and Indiebound. Have I left anyone out? For those who missed it, you can find the first chapter of The Ashford Affair here.
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: ASHFORD has a cover!
I am ridiculously in love with the cover of The Ashford Affair. Here’s the official blurb: From the NYT bestselling Pink Carnation author comes a new novel that is by turns epic and intimate, transporting and page-turning – spanning from WWI England to present day New York…. As a lawyer in a large Manhattan firm,…
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