The Summer Country
Online Interview about THE SUMMER COUNTRY
A few weeks ago, I had an absolute blast visiting the BTR Today studios by Wall Street to chat about The Summer Country with amazing talk show host, Kory French. That interview is now live! You can listen to it directly on the BTR Today website here, or you can download the podcast from iTunes here.…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Bussa’s Rebellion
Can you believe we’re down to less than a month until The Summer Country appears in stores? Once the book is out, I’m going to be posting the amazing book club guide the folks at William Morrow and I put together. (The reason I’m not posting it now is that the discussion questions are absolutely…
Read MoreHere’s a bit of THE SUMMER COUNTRY….
One of the hardest parts of authordom is waiting the months and months (and sometimes years) to share what you’ve written. Which is why I’m so excited to share with you the first two chapters of my upcoming book, The Summer Country! You can find the first two chapters, beautifully formatted by my publisher, here.…
Read MoreTHE SUMMER COUNTRY Tour!
Mark your calendars for The Summer Country Tour! I’ll be trotting around from place to place this summer to celebrate the release of The Summer Country (and doing some Skype-Ins to book clubs! There’s a sweepstakes going right now where you can win copies for your book club and an author Skype-In). This list is…
Read MoreSUMMER COUNTRY Book Club Sweepstakes
Do you have a book club? Do you know someone who does? My wonderful publisher is giving away eight (8!) copies each of The Summer Country to three book clubs– plus an author Skype-in! Here are the official contest rules: We’re giving three lucky book clubs the chance to each win eight copies of The Summer…
Read MoreTHE SUMMER COUNTRY Pre-Order Bonus
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve teamed up with FoxTale Book Shoppe in Georgia to bring you the following pre-order bonus. When you pre-order your copy of The Summer Country from FoxTale, you’ll also receive one of these snazzy palm tree bookmarks! Karen Schwettman of FoxTale says, “living with these characters on Barbados was de…
Read MoreTHE SUMMER COUNTRY Give Away!
Filed under “fun surprises on a Tuesday”, William Morrow Books just told me they’re holding a flash sweepstakes for fifty advance readers’ editions of The Summer Country! To get to the contest site, just click here. To learn more about The Summer Country, aka the Barbados Book, just pop by the Summer Country page here…
Read MoreThe 2019 Book Schedule!
Every now and then, I have a year so crowded with book releases that I have to make a list to remember what’s happening when. Here’s that list. And, because I was feeling slightly loopy, I’ve provided a coffee pairing for each book. — February 26th, The English Wife paperback. Pairs well with a white…
Read MoreTHE SUMMER COUNTRY Goodreads Give Away!
Thanks to my very generous publisher, there are one hundred shiny advance copies of my upcoming book, The Summer Country, up for grabs on Goodreads! To enter, just head over to Goodreads. Here’s the official description: The New York Times bestselling historical novelist delivers her biggest, boldest, and most ambitious novel yet—a sweeping Victorian epic of lost…
Read MoreMore Love for THE SUMMER COUNTRY!
Doesn’t that make you think of Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn”? “More happy love! more happy, happy love!” I am so very, very grateful to the authors who took time out of their busy schedules– over the holidays, no less!– to read an early copy of The Summer Country and share their thoughts. “In…
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