Night Jasmine
The 2026 Pinkorama Round Up
Calling all 2026 Pinkorama participants to take a bow! It’s time for the 2026 Pinkorama Round Up! This year, we’ve got Alexander Hamilpeep brandishing a candelabrum in the courtroom, the elephantine excesses of the Naughty Hellfire Club, a family in hiding in Occupied Paris in World War II, and a wild book party at the…
Read MorePinkorama #2: “Lady Charlotte and the Charlatans”
It is with great delight that I welcome back returning champions Laura and Carrie to the Pinkorama! For the second Pinkorama of 2026, Laura and Carrie bring you “Lady Charlotte and the Charlatons,” or, Damsel Among the Damned from Pink Carnation V, The Temptation of the Night Jasmine. And now, I’ll turn it over to Laura and…
Read MoreThe 2025 Pinkorama Round Up
Calling all 2025 Pinkorama participants to take a bow! It’s time for the 2025 Pinkorama Round Up! This year, we’ve got a unicorn with a taste for raspberry jam, the Yale swim team jumping on a table, and Eliza Hamilpeep giving wise counsel to her Alexander. Before we go further– I know, I know, you’re…
Read MorePinkorama #1: The Elusive Peepicorn
Welcome to the 2025 Pinkorama! It is my great delight to present to you this year’s Pinkoramae, starting with an entry from returning mother/daughter champions, Carla and Rowan. This year, Carla and Rowan have chosen as their subject Pink Carnation #5, The Tempeeption of the Night Jasmine: specifically the bit where Charlotte and Robert go…
Read More"Peepmas at Girdings": a MISTLETOE Pinkorama
On the Twelfth Day of Turnip, Candace and Cassandra present… “Peepmas at Girdings”. I love that this combines both The Temptation of the Night Jasmine and The Mischief of the Mistletoe. As the house party at Girdings goes out into the woods to collect the Yuletide greenery on Christmas Eve, we can find Charlotte, in…
Read MorePinkorama #1: Robert's Peeposal
From Rachel, I bring you… Robert’s Peeposal to Charlotte at the end of The Temptation of the Night Jasmine! To quote the creator of the scene: Robert and Charlotte are happy and engaged… and being secretly blessed by a spying unicorn 😉 A trail of tarts leads Charlotte to Robert… … as the swan swims…
Read MoreNIGHT JASMINE: the "Ice Cream" Scene
I am deeply amused. Little did I realize, five years ago, when I wrote my favorite scene in The Temptation of the Night Jasmine, in which Eloise and her best friend Pammy speculate as to the ice cream flavor of their various male acquaintances, that they were actually ahead of the scientific curve. According to…
Read MorePink Carnation Recap: NIGHT JASMINE
Five! Five Pink books! Meet Pink V, The Temptation of the Night Jasmine. Who: Charlotte Lansdowne and Robert, Duke of Dovedale Where: England When: Winter, 1803-4 What: Innocent and bookish Charlotte finds herself swept up in a web of intrigue stretching from the Hell Fire Club to the court of George III. Historical Cameos: George…
Read MorePinkorama #2
More fun with peeps! For Pinkorama #2, we have Christine and Jean’s creation: The Ruination of Penelopeep. Here’s the description: Ahh, Penelopeep. She was rocking out to the Harlem Shake at a party with her girls (hey, at least it wasn’t Gangnam Style) and accidentally blurts out that she was snogging with Freddie Staines in…
Read MoreNow On the Shelves
I feel a bit like the Count who counts: one, one book release! Two, two book releases! Appearing on shelves today, we have the UK edition of The Temptation of the Night Jasmine: Meanwhile, on Nooks and Kindles, we have my law school satire, Two L, where Measure for Measure meets Harvard Law: There will…
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