Contests
RIVER OF NO RETURN Winner
And the winner of the paperback copy of Bee Ridgway’s The River of No Return is… Ellen! (Of Comment #10.) Congrats, Ellen! If you email me with your info, I’ll pop your book in the mail to you. Coming up next Monday… an advance copy of Beatriz Williams’s The Secret Life of Violet Grant.
Read MoreMonday Give Away: THE RIVER OF NO RETURN
This Monday, we have a special treat: a paperback copy of Bee Ridgway’s The River of No Return. Here’s the official blurb: Devon, 1815. The charming Lord Nicholas Davenant and the beguiling Julia Percy should make a perfect match. But before their love has a chance to grow, Nicholas is presumed dead in the Napoleonic…
Read MoreDABWAHA Round Two!
DABWAHA Round Two starts at noon today! And The Ashford Affair is up against… Susanna Kearsley’s The Firebird. I love Susanna. And I love The Firebird. So I can only echo the sentiments of the card that Susanna posted on Facebook today: While I’d love for Ashford Affair to make it to Round Two, it’s…
Read MoreDABWAHA Update
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who voted in Round One of the DABWAHA! You are the best. The Ashford Affair not only made it to Round Two, it did so by over three hundred votes more than the competition. All I can say is… wow. And thank you. Round Two opens tomorrow,…
Read MoreDABWAHA Round One– Today!
It’s Round One of the DABWAHA, and The Ashford Affair is up against Nowhere but Home. Help Ashford to make it into Round Two by clicking on this link and placing your vote! You’ll also find The Firebird up against The Rosie Project and A Spear of Summer Grass dueling it out with Longbourn. Let’s…
Read MoreSILENCE FOR THE DEAD Winner
And the winner of the advance copy of Simone St. James’s Silence for the Dead is… Ashley! (Of Comment #27.) Congrats, Ashley! If you email me with your info, I’ll put your book in the mail to you. Coming up next Monday: a paperback copy of Bee Ridgway’s The River of No Return. Happy reading,…
Read MoreA DABWAHA Clarification
Much mea culpa! Since my March Madness experience is nil, I misread the DABWAHA form— it turns out that this round is only picking your bracket, ie the people you think are going to win. The actual voting starts on March 20th. Here’s the DABWAHA schedule: — March 20, Round One — March 22, Round…
Read MoreMonday Give Away: SILENCE FOR THE DEAD
It’s Monday give away time! Today we have… Simone St. James’s upcoming 1919-set ghost story, Silence for the Dead. Here’s the official blurb: “Portis House emerged from the fog as we approached, showing itself slowly as a long, low shadow….” In 1919, Kitty Weekes, pretty, resourceful, and on the run, falsifies her background to obtain…
Read MoreCompare and Contrast
Looking at the French edition of The Ashford Affair, I was struck by how much the covers vary by country. I’ve lucked out with some extra lovely cover art for Ashford, all around. Here, for your amusement, is the full panoply of Ashford covers. Which do you like best? Ashford US, hardcover and paperback: Germany…
Read MoreGive Away!
The Pink books and The Ashford Affair are being featured today over at the Book Give Away and Author Spotlight on Graphics by Sharlene’s Facebook page! For a chance to win three books, check out the various books being featured and share which one you’d most want to read in the Comments section of her…
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