Lure of the Moonflower
Colin & Eloise Wedding Week: the Bouquet
It seems strange to admit this after twelve books about flower-themed spies, but… I know very little about flowers. So when it came time to design a bouquet for Eloise, I sought expert help from Clara Bauer of Clara’s Flowers. (Have I mentioned recently how endlessly impressed I am by all the talent within the…
Read MoreEloise & Colin Wedding Week: the Cake
It makes such a brief appearance at the reception, and yet it looms so large, in more ways than one. No, not the maid of honor’s speech. That’s another story. (And Eloise is afraid. She is very afraid.) I’m talking about that cake. So, for Eloise’s wedding cake, I turned to my favorite cake expert,…
Read MoreEloise & Colin Wedding Week: the Presents– and Contest!
It’s a good thing Selwick Hall has lots of space, because Eloise and Colin have been busy unloading wedding presents, ranging from a novelty cuckoo clock to a particularly cranky garden gnome. Mrs. Selwick-Alderly’s official gift was a Georgian silver tea service (and if you’ve read the book, you know who it originally belonged to!).…
Read MoreMOONFLOWER Twitter Chat– Today!
The wonderful folks at Fresh Fiction are hosting a Lure of the Moonflower Twitter chat this morning! We’ll be chatting away at 11:30 Central time, 12:30 Eastern time. Come join us!
Read MoreColin & Eloise Wedding Week: the Dress
When we rejoin Eloise in the first chapter of Pink XII, The Lure of the Moonflower, she’s in the throes of wedding preparations at Colin’s not-so-stately home, Selwick Hall. I hereby declare this… Colin & Eloise Wedding Week. I was just going to do one post, tomorrow, for Teaser Tuesday, but the post grew and…
Read MoreMOONFLOWER Launch– Tonight!
You are cordially invited to join me, Sarah MacLean, and Beatriz Williams tonight at WORD Bookstore in Brooklyn to celebrate the launch of the final Pink Carnation book, The Lure of the Moonflower. There will be books. There will be booze. There will be all the flowers. (At least, on my dress. And, presumably, on…
Read MoreOut and About
I’ve been out and about on the internet today! You can find me: — over at USA Today, talking about the various influences that went into writing the Pink books (ahem, Blackadder, ahem); — at Jungle Red Writers, musing about the end of the Pink series and series in general; — at Fresh Fiction, discussing…
Read MorePink XII is Here!
Today is the day! The final Pink book, The Lure of the Moonflower, is in stores. I still can’t quite entirely believe we’re up to Jane’s story. Someone pinch me, please? I’ll be celebrating the release of The Lure of the Moonflower this Thursday, August 6, at WORD Bookstore in Brooklyn, with two of my…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday– on Monday
Usually, a few months before the book comes out, I post a Colin and Eloise excerpt on Teaser Tuesday. This time around, I couldn’t. Not because the chapter wasn’t there yet. (It was.) The reason I couldn’t share it with you was because the very first line of that very first chapter contained a major…
Read MoreTHE LURE OF THE MOONFLOWER– Tomorrow!
The twelfth and final Pink book comes out tomorrow! All the feels, all the feels. I started the first Pink Carnation book fourteen years ago, in the spring of 2001, at my rickety desk in a tumbledown house in Somerville that I shared with three other grad students. I took that manuscript with me (on…
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