Pink Carnation Read Along: Holiday Edition!

For the month of December, we’ll be having a special holiday edition of the Read Along, with the short holiday novella “Ivy & Intrigue” and super special guest co-host Stephanie Barron! Join me and Stephanie Barron for both ivy and, yes, you guessed it, intrigue at 8pm EST on Tuesday, December 14th as we discuss…

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Ivy & Intrigue: A Very Selwick Christmas

Long ago, in a galaxy far, far away (okay, so it was 2008– but it feels like a galaxy far, far away), I decided it would be fun to write a novella as a holiday gift to my readers. So I did. I posted the novella in serial form on the website, chapter by chapter,…

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Ivy & Intrigue Winner!

You all are wonderful. Reading your reactions to the Ivy & Intrigue outtakes made my day. I wish I could give a copy of Ivy & Intrigue to everyone, but since I can’t, the novella goes to… … Kiley! (of Comment #15) Congrats, Kiley! Just email me with your snail mail and I’ll pop the…

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Teaser Tuesday– and Give Away!

In honor of the holiday season, I’ll be giving away one copy of the print version of Ivy & Intrigue. Below, resurrected from the archives, are the Ivy & Intrigue outtakes. Which is your favorite?

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Ivy & Intrigue: #1!

Christmas came early for me. Ivy & Intrigue: A Very Selwick Christmas is #1 on Amazon’s Regency bestseller list! Thanks so much to everyone who put it there!

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Four for Three

I have just discovered that the print versions of both Ivy & Intrigue and Two L are part of Amazon’s four for three deal– buy four eligible items, get the least expensive free. This makes me think fondly of my year in England and the Waterstone’s three-for-two deals. I discovered Forever Amber and Bill Bryson’s…

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An Embarassment of ARCs

There’s something of a book pile-up on my kitchen table right now. Not only are there ten copies of the book version of Ivy & Intrigue, just waiting to find a good home, but a surprise package arrived yesterday, containing ARCs (advance review copies) of The Garden Intrigue. What to do? I need an equitable…

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Paper-y Thingies!

Late breaking news: Two L is now available in book form! You can order it directly from Amazon. I also have a surprise to announce. Several people have asked me for a paper version of Ivy & Intrigue: A Very Selwick Christmas. Once I got the hang of the self-publication platform for Two L… well,…

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New on the Website!

My redoubtable web mistress has just made a number of additions to the website. In addition to the Printable Book List and the Recommended Reading Order, you can now find a Pink Cheat Sheet on the Books page, listing the who, what, where and when of each book. Because, let’s face it, once you get…

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Ivy & Intrigue: the Outtakes

While pulling up my old Ivy & Intrigue files the other day, I stumbled across a file I’d forgotten: the Ivy & Intrigue outtakes. For a hundred page novella, it yielded a surprising number of outtakes. Here, for your amusement, are the cream of the crop.

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