THE OTHER DAUGHTER Audio
The Other Daughter audio book was chosen by Audible as one of their top eight picks for July! It’s pretty amazing to be on a list with Harper Lee. If you’d like to listen to an excerpt from the audio book, here is a snippet, courtesy of the wonderful folks at Macmillan Audio. The reader…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Simon Montfort
With the release of The Other Daughter only three weeks away, my hero, Simon Montfort, has been conspicuously clearing his throat and adjusting his cuffs, wondering why he hasn’t had his Teaser Tuesday spotlight yet. How to describe Simon? He’s the scion of an old and proud family, but his upbringing has been anything but…
Read MorePURPLE PLUMERIA Ask the Author Day
It’s Ask the Author Day over on the Bubblebath Reader! This month’s book was The Passion of the Purple Plumeria (can you believe the read-along is up to Pink X already?), so if you have any questions about Miss Gwen, the art of wielding a purple parasol, Colonel William Reid, the extended Reid clan, Eloise’s…
Read MoreImpromptu Contest!
In between reading more than I ever expected to know about World War I in Picardy, I’ve been typing up tomorrow’s Teaser Tuesday post about the hero of The Other Daughter, Simon Montfort. But then I hit a snag. Simon Montfort was– shall we say?– visually inspired by Benedict Cumberbatch. I don’t usually base characters’…
Read MoreASHFORD AFFAIR en poche!
The Ashford Affair, aka Ashford Park en français, comes out today in France as a livre de poche! What do you think of the new paperback cover? There’s something rather nicely summery about it, isn’t there? Here it is next to the French hardcover: The hardcover is available from Presses de la Cité; the paperback…
Read MoreColorado on Friday and Saturday!
I’ll be signing books in Colorado for the first time ever this Friday and Saturday! You can find me: — on Friday at 7:00 at the Briargate B&N with the lovely Beatriz Williams, and — on Saturday from 5:00 to 7:00 signing books at the Historical Novel Society Book Fair at the Denver Hyatt Regency…
Read MoreTINY LITTLE THING Winner
And the winner of the ARC of Beatriz Williams’s Tiny Little Thing is… Liz D! (Of Comment #6.) Congrats, Liz! If you email me at willig@post.harvard.edu, I’ll pop your book in the mail to you. Tiny Little Thing appears in stores today. Happy book release day, Beatriz!
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Rachel Woodley
The Other Daughter comes out a month from today! Yesterday, as part of an interview, I was asked to provide a quotation with a physical description of my heroine. Simple enough, you say. But it wasn’t. Because Rachel Woodley, my heroine, goes through a number of metamorphoses over the course of the book. Here’s Rachel…
Read MoreMonday Give Away: TINY LITTLE THING
My friend Beatriz Williams’s new book, Tiny Little Thing, comes out tomorrow! And it’s wonderful. Since it would be selfish of me not to share the joy, one person who comments on this post today will receive an ARC of Tiny Little Thing. Here’s the official blurb: In the summer of 1966, Christina Hardcastle—“Tiny” to…
Read MoreNew York Romance Festival– this Saturday!
Are you looking for something to do this Saturday? Head over to the Morris-Jumel Mansion for the second annual New York Romance Festival! The event runs from 1:00 to 4:00, with a jam-packed day of talks, panels, and signings. I’ll be speaking around 1:00, and the insightful Maya Rodale (author of Dangerous Books For Girls:…
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