What with all the build up to The Passion of the Purple Plumeria, I have sadly neglected all the regular features on this website. As you can see, we’re back to our regularly scheduled “If You Like” posts as of yesterday, and Teaser Tuesday will return as of next Tuesday. I have much news for…

As the countdown (count up?) to The Passion of the Purple Plumeria, aka Pink X, continues, I thought it would be rather fun to revisit the first nine books in the Pink series. So, each day this week, I’m going to be sharing my personal favorite scene from each of the earlier Pink books– and…

As you can probably tell, my brain is a multi-book muddle right now, so this Teaser Tuesday is a collection of upcoming this and that. The Ashford Affair is out in stores (after debuting at #35 on the New York Times bestseller list!). Within the next few weeks, I’ll be embarking on a blog tour…

I’ve written here before about the curious phenomenon I call “author lag”. It’s like jet lag, but with books. Given the length of the publishing cycle, I’m always at least a full book ahead of what you see on shelves. By the time a book comes out, the next one is usually complete, copyedited, and…

I was asked recently about the title for the Victorian Work-in-Progress. The short answer: it doesn’t have one yet. Titles are tricky beasts. I know some authors who come up with a title before they start writing the book. I tend to do it the opposite way around. I don’t really know what a book…

I promised you an Eloise and Colin snippet from The Passion of the Purple Plumeria, didn’t I? Voila the complete, unabridged first Colin and Eloise chapter! Confession: After some poking around in the website archives, I discovered that I had already shared this chapter with you several months ago. Since it was a while ago…

The vote is in, and an overwhelming number of you voted for an excerpt from the new, Victorian-set work in progress. The runner up was a Colin and Eloise portion from The Passion of the Purple Plumeria, so I’ll be posting that for next week’s Teaser Tuesday. Today’s teaser comes with a caveat: this work…

Popping my head up from my crazy writing marathon to say…. What would you most like to see here for Teaser Tuesday next week? Fair game are: — Excerpts from the modern or historical segments of The Ashford Affair (coming out April 9th), The Passion of the Purple Plumeria (coming out August 6th), or the…