ASHFORD 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:…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
As those of you who follow me on Facebook know, it’s been a heavy research week for the next stand alone novel. But I did manage to sneak in one novel this week: Donna Thorland’s third American Revolution-set swashbuckler, Mistress Firebrand. It features an intelligent and daring heroine– an aspiring playwright– trying to make her…
Read MoreOTHER DAUGHTER Winner!
The winner of my very last advance copy of The Other Daughter is… Amanda V! (Of Comment #155.) Congrats, Amanda! If you’ll email me at willig@post.harvard.edu, I’ll pop your book in the mail to you. Happy reading!
Read MoreTHE OTHER DAUGHTER Contest
There’s only a month and a week left until The Other Daughter comes out! (Why is it that “a month and a week” sounds so much less poetical than “a month and a day”?) In the meantime, I have one last ARC of The Other Daughter to give away. Here’s the official blurb: Raised in…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
As the marathon of reading for the new stand alone novel continues, this week I’ve been delving into what it’s like being an American in France. Among others: — Edith Wharton’s Madame De Treymes, a novella about a Gilded Age American seeking a divorce from her philandering French husband; — Sarah Turnbull’s Almost French: Love…
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