Only five days until The Betrayal of the Blood Lily!! Blood Lily features the third in a triumvirate of three very different friends, Henrietta (The Masque of the Black Tulip), Charlotte (The Temptation of the Night Jasmine) and Penelope. If one had to type them in a broad-brush way, Henrietta is the one who holds…

Thank you all for your amazing actor suggestions for Robert! As your answers came in, I spent way too much time yesterday on IMDB, going “Ahhhhh….” (and occasionally, “Oooh!”). Since there’s really no way to pick among the Roberts (unless they’d all like to come audition for us? Pretty please?), the winner, chosen at random,…

Six days to go until The Betrayal of the Blood Lily…. But while we’re still talking about The Temptation of the Night Jasmine (which came out in paperback yesterday! yay!), the fabulous Miss Eliza has posted her dreamcasting choice for Night Jasmine‘s hero on her website, Strange and Random Happenstance. (You can check out choices…

And the winner of mini-contest #1 is… Lauren! The other Lauren, that is. The one who isn’t me. In terms of postage, it would be terribly convenient giving the book to myself, but it would defeat the purpose of clearing out my closet. Lauren, if you email me with your snail mail address, I’ll send…

Hi, all! The seven day countdown to the release of The Betrayal of the Blood Lily begins! While we’re filling in the time before Blood Lily, I have an article up today on Historical Tapestry about Why I Love Men in Black Masks. There’s just one slight hitch. When the article was posted, the title…

The Temptation of the Night Jasmine comes out in paperback today! Despite the chilly weather in New York, I’ll be out and about, visiting it in situ. There’s nothing quite like getting to see the books in the wild… or on the bookstore shelves. I’ll be running daily mini-contests and give-aways between today and the…