Pinkorama #5: "Napeepleon Meets Miss Gwen"
So many apologies, all! I’d meant to post our fifth and final Pinkorama yesterday, but life (aka toddler) got in the way (and by “in the way”, I mean “demanded the computer”). Here, belatedly, is Candace and Cassandra’s Peep masterpiece, “Napeepleon Meets Miss Gwen”. The creators informed me: “Cassie decided in honor of the 10th…
Read MorePinkorama #4: "A peepingly good time at Farley Castle".
In our latest Pinkorama, by Pam and Colleen, we turn to The Mischief of the Mistletoe for a bit of festive cheer at Farley Castle. Pam and Colleen describe the scene: Starring Jane Austen in maroon, Arabella in brown, Turnip in pink, and Lord Vaughn in black and red with Mary Vaughn in a red…
Read MorePinkorama #3– and a recipe!
For our third Pinkorama, Christine brings you… the Vampeep. As Christine puts it: What if Lucien really was a vampire and Sally stumbled upon his lair aka pound cake coffin? Check out the shock and surprise on Sally’s face! (All drawn with toothpicks and food coloring. Pretty impressive, no?) As an extra special bonus– and…
Read MorePinkorama #2: Love at First Peep
A moonlit garden, an inquisitive debutante, a duke who might be a vampire…. It doesn’t get much more peepmospheric than this. Today, from Nikki, we bring you… “Love at First Peep”, Lucien and Sally’s very first meeting at the opening of The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla. Here’s the description from Nikki: A glimpse into…
Read MorePinkorama #1: Robert's Peeposal
From Rachel, I bring you… Robert’s Peeposal to Charlotte at the end of The Temptation of the Night Jasmine! To quote the creator of the scene: Robert and Charlotte are happy and engaged… and being secretly blessed by a spying unicorn đŸ˜‰ A trail of tarts leads Charlotte to Robert… … as the swan swims…
Read MorePinkoramae!
We have Pinkoramae! There are five wonderful Peep creations this year, courtesy of Rachel, Nikki, Christine, Pam & Colleen, and Candace & Cassandra. I’ll be unveiling them one a day, in the order in which I received them, with the first one appearing later today and a round-up of all of them next Monday. Let…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
I really should be writing a short story right now. (More on that later.) But I couldn’t resist celebrating turning in the final Pink book with a little binge of leisure reading. Among others: — M.J. Rose’s The Witch of Painted Sorrows, an incredibly compelling novel of family secrets, dangerous passions, and witchcraft set in…
Read MoreFORGOTTEN ROOM Release Date!
The Forgotten Room, the book I’ve co-written with Karen White and Beatriz Williams, has a release date! You can find The Forgotten Room on shelves on January 19, 2016. Here’s the official blurb: New York Times bestselling authors Karen White, Beatriz Williams, and Lauren Willig present a masterful collaboration—a rich, multigenerational novel of love and…
Read MoreAsk the Author Day: BLOOD LILY
The Pink For All Seasons Read-Along is chugging along over at the Bubblebath Reader! Today wraps up the group read of The Betrayal of the Blood Lily— which means it’s Ask the Author Day! Do you have any questions about Blood Lily? Just pop over there and put your question in the Comments section and…
Read MoreTHE STOLEN SUMMER… aka THAT SUMMER in Germany!
My Pre-Raphaelite novel, That Summer, comes out in Germany tomorrow! (Early birthday present for me?) Over there, they call it Der gestohlene Sommer, “The Stolen Summer”– which I rather wish we’d thought of for the American edition. You can find Der gestohlene Sommer for sale in German in hardcover and e-book from Rowohlt, Amazon.de, and,…
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