Blood Lily
More good reviews for BLOOD LILY
In all the Pink I birthday excitement, poor Blood Lily has been getting rather short shrift. Not so on the part of the Historical Novels Review. In their latest issue, they write, “Willig masterfully captures India and its allure at the beginning of the 19th century.” Huzzah! Thank you, HNR!
Read MoreThe Making of BLOOD LILY
You know those documentaries where they show you how they made the movie? Well, consider this a very brief equivalent.
Read MoreThe "Difficult" Heroine
Write Chic just posted an excellent article discussing the career of the anti-heroine in fiction. She uses Mary, from The Seduction of the Crimson Rose, and our very own Penelope of Blood Lily as two of her prime examples. The first ones who come to mind for me are Scarlett, from Gone With the Wind,…
Read MorePink Pandemonium at Borders!
A great big THANK YOU to everyone who came out for the New York reading last night! And to the wonderful Borders folks who scrounged out every last chair in the store to try to find places for people to sit. It was an amazing evening, and I’m so thrilled to be part of such…
Read MoreNew York Reading Tonight!!
As you can tell from the multiple exclamation marks, I am super-excited to be reading tonight in my hometown, at one of my favorite bookstores. See you tonight at 7:00 at the Borders on 57th & Park!
Read MoreThank you, Yale Bookstore!
Thanks to everyone who came out tonight, and to the Yale Bookstore for the incredibly attractive book display.
Read MoreNew Haven, 6:00, Tonight!
Be there or be… well, somewhere else. Tonight, at 6:00, I’ll be kicking off my author tour with a reading from The Betrayal of the Blood Lily at the Yale Bookstore. See you there!
Read MoreMini-Contest Winner
The line in question– “No, darling, I don’t mind in the least that you’ve quite ruined my prospects. I always wanted to be made a laughingstock in front of the ton.” — comes from page 56, line 5 of the paperback edition of The Seduction of the Crimson Rose, as part of Mary Alsworthy’s internal…
Read MoreCoffee Time reviews BLOOD LILY
Two of my favorite things in one place: coffee and an excellent review. Click the picture for Coffee Time Romance’s review of The Betrayal of the Blood Lily. Coffee Time says of Penelope, “Her antics may bite her in the bum on more than one occasion, but she is so earthy and fun you cannot…
Read MoreMini-Contest!
On Facebook the other day, Katie told me about a game where she was instructed to * Grab the book nearest you. Right now. * Turn to page 56. * Find the fifth sentence. Katie informed me that the fifth sentence on page 56 of the nearest book she grabbed was: “No, darling, I don’t…
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