Happy Friday, all! This week, I continued my Chronicles of St. Mary’s readathon with Book 6: What Could Possibly Go Wrong.  (Answer: so much.) I was tempted to plunge right into Book 7 (because once you’re on a roll with a good series…) but I’ve been promising myself for ages that I would start the…

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One of the upsides of our strange new world?  If you weren’t able to attend an event, you can still see it after! I did a rather dizzying number of events and book talks for Band of Sisters last month, some by myself, some in conversation with wonderful librarians and booksellers, and some with fabulous…

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Even though the Band of Sisters tour is officially over, you can still find me flitting around here and there through the Zoomiverse.  Below are a few upcoming events– including a special Mother’s Day bash with Team W! Saturday, April 10, 5pm Facebook Live with Global Girls Online Book Club To attend, join the Global Girls…

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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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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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Happy Friday, all!  And happy April! March was a jam-packed whirl of events, and while I loved every minute of it, I’m enjoying the chance to take a deep breath, clear my head a bit, get back to work on the new book– and do some fun reading! A chance remark in a conversation with…

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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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It’s the last week of Women’s History Month– and also the last full week of Band of Sisters tour! Please do come join me this week for a series of events with wonderful fellow historical fiction authors as we talk all things women and history. — On Tuesday night, I’ll be chatting away with Kate…

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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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Happy Friday, all! After an exciting week of bouncing around the internet, talking about Band of Sisters, I’m reading… The Masque of the Black Tulip. I know, it feels a little silly to admit to reading my own book!  And I don’t, as a general rule.  But for various reasons I needed to re-read the…

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