Pink Carnation Read Along Month 5: THE TEMPTATION OF THE NIGHT JASMINE

Thanks so much to everyone who joined in to discuss The Seduction of the Crimson Rose last week! It’s June, which means… it’s time for Book V: The Temptation of the Night Jasmine! This book is very dear to me.  Charlotte is the character with whom I felt the greatest personal affinity (of all my heroines, she’s…

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THE SEDUCTION OF THE CRIMSON ROSE Read Along: Tonight!

Practice your triple entendres, grab a crimson cocktail,  and get ready for tonight’s Pink Carnation Read Along Zoom discussion of The Seduction of the Crimson Rose with super special guest co-host Sarah Wendell of Smart B*tches! The Zoom link has been sent out to registrants, which means the registration form is now closed.  If you…

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Pink Carnation Read Along: Month 4

Thanks so much to everyone who joined in to discuss The Deception of the Emerald Ring last week! It’s the merry, merry month of May, which means… it’s time for Book IV: The Seduction of the Crimson Rose! This book was something of a landmark for me.  It was the first ever book (although it wouldn’t be…

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EMERALD RING Zoom and 2021 Pinkorama!

This is a killing two birds with one stone sort of post.  I am sure Letty from Emerald Ring would approve of the thrifty approach, don’t you agree? Bird the first: tomorrow is our Deception of the Emerald Ring Zoom meeting with super special guest host Eloisa James!  If you haven’t signed up yet, there’s…

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Pink Carnation Read Along: Month 3

Thanks so much to everyone who joined in to discuss The Masque of the Black Tulip last week! I’m a bit behind with kicking off the next book (so many apologies!), but I’m thrilled to announce that it’s time for Book III: The Deception of the Emerald Ring! This book is so dear to me…

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Black Tulip Discussion Thread

It’s Black Tulip discussion time! I was looking back through the old Black Tulip Reading Group Guide to see if there were any good discussion questions to post here but the only one that leaped out at me was this one: will Colin call Eloise? Do you have comments or questions about The Masque of…

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Black Tulip Book Club Tonight!

Is everyone as excited as I am for the Month II Zoom of the Pink Carnation Read Along tonight, featuring The Masque of the Black Tulip and special guest host Tasha Alexander? We’re going to be an intimate group of about three hundred tonight!  If you haven’t registered yet, you can do so here. There’s…

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Ginger Biscuits: Both Traditional and Passover Edition!

The Masque of the Black Tulip Read Along meeting is coming up this very Thursday, which means… ginger biscuits! I went digging through my recipe folder, trying to find the ginger biscuit recipe, the one I baked back in the day, that I munched as I wrote The Masque of the Black Tulip.  All I…

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Pink Carnation Read Along: Month 2

Thanks so much to everyone who joined in for Month 1 of the Pink Carnation Read Along!  I’m thrilled to announce that it’s time for Book II: The Masque of the Black Tulip! I can’t lie.  We’re not supposed to have favorite children, but The Masque of the Black Tulip has always been way up…

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THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE PINK CARNATION Discussion Thread

Thanks so much to everyone who joined me tonight at the Pink Zoom meeting!  And so many apologies to everyone who tried to join, but whose join now button didn’t work.  I’m trying to figure out what happened so it won’t happen again next time! The video did livestream to Facebook, and I’m going to…

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