Garden Intrigue
GARDEN INTRIGUE– Miss Gwen
Everyone’s favorite curmudgeon returns in The Garden Intrigue, playing a Pirate Queen in Emma and Augustus’ masque at Malmaison. As you can imagine, Miss Gwen has a little too much fun laying about with that cardboard cutlass…. For your entertainment, here’s my favorite Miss Gwen-related excerpt: the ill-fated first rehearsal of the masque Emma and…
Read MoreMy Favorite Bonaparte
As those of you who follow me on Facebook know, I just heard yesterday that Sandra Gulland, author of the Josephine B. Trilogy, will be writing a YA book about Josephine’s daughter, Hortense de Beauharnais. Which I am particularly excited about since I wrote a YA book about Hortense back in 1994 (when I was…
Read MoreLe Weekend
For those of you in the New York area, come join me at the Book Cove in Pawling at 1:00 on Saturday! For those of you here, there, or anywhere, it’s The Garden Intrigue excerpt weekend here on the website. Tune in tomorrow for a bit of Chapter Fifteen with Miss Gwen as Pirate Queen…
Read MoreGARDEN INTRIGUE– The Cast
Back in May, I ran a couple of posts introducing some of the real historical people who pop up in The Garden Intrigue. It’s always rather nice to be able to put a face to a name. Since May was rather a long time ago, I’ve compiled those two entries here. Here are some of…
Read MoreGARDEN INTRIGUE– Outtakes!
As the countdown to The Garden Intrigue continues (only a week left to go!), I’ll be posting a daily snippet here on the site, from background info to outtakes. Today’s Garden Intrigue bonus? An outtake. It won’t come as any surprise to anyone to hear that the ridiculous poet, Augustus Whittlesby, and my American heroine,…
Read MoreGarden Intrigue Fun Facts
With only a week and two days to go until the release of The Garden Intrigue, here are some fun facts…. — The heroine of The Garden Intrigue was originally named Eliza rather than Emma. Her character was based off two real life Elizas, James Monroe’s daughter Eliza Monroe and Jane Austen’s cousin Eliza de…
Read MoreGARDEN INTRIGUE Give-Away– Tonight!
I’ll be giving away my reading copy of The Garden Intrigue at the end of the event tonight to one attendee chosen in a reasonably random way…. Lady Jane’s Salon, 7:00, 94 W. Houston Street. You know you want to be there!
Read MoreReading on Monday!
Late breaking news! I will be doing my inaugural reading from The Garden Intrigue this Monday (February 6) at Lady Jane’s Salon in New York. I’m thrilled to be part of Lady Jane’s third anniversary celebration (how has it been three years already?). Sarah Wendell of Smart Bitches will be emcee-ing and the always wonderful…
Read MoreLucky Duck!
Eloisa James and Linda Francis Lee have an adorable club called The Lucky Duck Club. (You can read about how the Lucky Duck Club came to be here— seriously, every author needs friends like these!) Every couple of weeks, they give away an advance copy of a novel and a Swarovski crystal duck. Today, the…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: "Garden" Fashion
Last week, I posted on History Hoydens about the visual inspiration for The Garden Intrigue, the grounds of Malmaison. On Facebook recently, I was asked to post about a different sort of visual inspiration: my heroine’s clothing. Emma, the heroine of The Garden Intrigue, is at the forefront of the Paris fashion scene. Like her…
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