Garden Intrigue
GARDEN INTRIGUE Review Round-Up
As the publication date of The Garden Intrigue creeps closer, there have been some lovely reviews popping up around the web, from Sassymonkey, the Girls in the Stacks (Stacy, I heart that you heart Emma!), and Once Upon a Romance. Thanks, all! And stay tuned for a “Day in the Life” post on Stitch-Read-Cook next…
Read MoreGARDEN INTRIGUE Pre-Orders
The official launch for The Garden Intrigue takes place on February 16th at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale, Arizona. There’ll be champagne and chocolates– and Deanna Raybourn! If you can’t make it to the Poisoned Pen, but would like a signed copy of Garden Intrigue or any of my other books, just contact the…
Read MoreOnly One Month…
…until The Garden Intrigue comes out! To read an excerpt, click here….
Read MorePraise for GARDEN INTRIGUE!
With only a month to go until Publication Day, RT Book Reviews gave The Garden Intrigue four and a half stars. Even better? The review itself. Usually, I try to excerpt pithy pieces from reviews, but this one was so good I just have to include the whole paragraph: “Willig delights time and again with…
Read MorePink Countdown!
It suddenly dawned on me that fast away the old year passes– which means that we have Pink books coming out in the very near future. First up, we have the trade paperback edition of The Orchid Affair, coming out January 3rd. And then… drum roll!… The Garden Intrigue appears in stores in hardcover on…
Read MoreMore Happiness for GARDEN INTRIGUE!
The final of the major reviews came in for The Garden Intrigue today– and it was lovely! Calling The Garden Intrigue “smart and funny”, Kirkus Reviews writes, “The latest installment in the Pink Carnation historical romantic suspense series is as fresh and charming as its floral theme.” But, wait! There’s more. “[T]rue hearts always win…
Read MoreHappy December!
It’s a particularly happy December for me because the first two reviews just came in for The Garden Intrigue! Library Journal calls Garden Intrigue “fresh and engaging”, commenting, “Mixing historical and modern-day drama poses no trouble for Willig, and the satisfying, uninterrupted progression within both time frames will please longtime readers.” Their verdict? “Enlightening and…
Read MoreA Garden of Verse: Contest Winners!
May I just say again how much I loved these contest entries? Forget Augustus, the Pink Carnation should have put all of you on the payroll. In fact, I loved them so much that, as Queen of this site, I arrived at an arbitrary decision: everyone who entered deserves a prize. Unfortunately, I don’t have…
Read MoreContest #2: The Poems!
Huge thanks to everyone who rushed to Augustus’ assistance in crafting a verse or two! Gentle reader, you have a veritable garden of verse awaiting you, ranging from odes to limericks to haiku (in Japanese! sadly, I couldn’t get the kanji into the post, so we have it in translation). As you can imagine, Augustus…
Read MoreGarden Intrigue Contest #2: Poetry!
Tragedy! In the midst of his latest ode, Augustus Whittlesby has broken his quill. For some strange reason, no one appears willing to lend him another. Will you help a pen-less poet? Your task, should you choose to accept it, is this: write a few lines of verse for Augustus. Your verses can be on…
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