Orchid Affair
The Grand Finale: Arizona!
I wrap up the Orchid Tour today with two events in Arizona: a 3:30 tea party at the Tempe Library and a 7:00 reading at the Poisoned Pen (with chocolate!). Come join me in celebrating Orchid, Valentine’s Day, and my last day on the road. If you can’t make it to the events, but you’d…
Read MoreNew Haven!
As the Orchid Tour rushes on, you can find me tonight in New Haven at the Yale Bookstore. This one’s an early reading: 6:00.
Read MoreDC Tonight!
Despite the best efforts of the snow, I will be reading at the Borders in Bailey’s Crossroads in Virginia tonight at 7:30. Take that, precipitation! If my train gets in on time, I’ll be hanging around the B&N in Union Station from about 4:30 to 5:30 to sign anything you might like me to sign.…
Read MoreORCHID gets an "A" from AAR
We all have our own things we covet. A promotion, a latte, a word of praise from a specific individual. For me, it was Desert Isle Keeper status on All About Romance. After all, what higher praise could a writer crave than being *that* book, the book chosen above all others for tropical exile? Books…
Read MoreOrchid Week: NY, DC, CT, AZ
Tonight launches… Orchid Week! I’ll be speaking tonight at Lady Jane’s Salon in New York (7:00), tomorrow night at the Bailey’s Crossroads Borders in Virginia (7:30), Wednesday night at the Yale Bookstore in New Haven (6:00), and Thursday at the Tempe Library in Arizona (3:30) and the Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale (7:00). For those who…
Read MoreLady Jane's Salon on Monday!
Hello, fellow New Yorkers! Come join us at Madame X on Houston Street for the second anniversary celebration of Lady Jane’s Salon. I’ll be reading from The Orchid Affair (my fourth time reading at Lady J’s!) along with Caridad Ferrar, Courtney Milan, and guest emcee Andrew Shaffer, who will be reading from his historical non-fiction…
Read MoreSeven Questions and Seven Answers….
But no dwarfs. Stop by Songs and Stories for the inside scoop on The Orchid Affair, Pink IX, and why I write what I write.
Read MoreOrchid in the Wild Continues!
Over the past few weeks, The Orchid Affair has made it to all sorts of interesting places, like Yellowstone: and Texarkana: and the Death Star: It’s survived extreme cold: and found some adorable new readers: We have pictures ranging from Alaska to Wisconsin– but we’re still missing sixteen states for the Orchid in the Wild…
Read MoreHNR Reviews "Orchid Affair"
There was a fabulous review of The Orchid Affair in the latest edition of the Historical Novels Review, saying all sorts of nice things about Orchid. Unfortunately, I don’t have a link to link to, but I had to share my favorite line from the review: “Will [Laura and Andre] fall in love? Was Bonaparte…
Read MoreORCHID on the NYT List!
We’ve seen The Orchid Affair in many inventive places over the past week (the Texas/Arkansas border, Yellowstone, Germany), but, thanks to you, it’s now made it somewhere else: onto the New York Times extended bestseller list! Thank you so very, very much for making this– and all the Pink books– possible. p.s. This is the…
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