Pink Pre-History
Once a book is out in the world, it’s hard to remember that it wasn’t always exactly as it was. But every book changes over time, and The Secret History of the Pink Carnation was no exception. Here are some fun facts about the pre-history of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation: — Pink…
Read MoreHappy Pink Anniversary!
The very first of the Pink Carnation books, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, arrived on shelves in February of 2005– which makes this the tenth anniversary of the Pink series! I can’t remember the exact date of that first book release (it’s all rather a pink blur), so I am officially declaring the…
Read MoreAsk the Author Day!
It’s the last Friday of the month, which means… it’s Ask the Author Day over at the Bubblebath Reader! This month was Mischief of the Mistletoe month over at the Bubblebath Reader, so if you have any questions or comments about Turnip, Arabella, and the gang, just pop over there and post them in the…
Read MorePanel with Sarah MacLean and Jennifer Robson: Saturday!
If you’re in Connecticut or thereabouts, come join me and the lovely Sarah MacLean and Jennifer Robson this Saturday evening at RJ Julia in Madison, CT for a panel about historical fiction– and whatever else you’d like us to talk about! Here are the details: What: Panel and signing with Sarah MacLean and Jennifer Robson.…
Read MoreTHE OTHER DAUGHTER: New Publication Date
Mark your calendars! The publication date for my next stand alone novel, The Other Daughter, is now July 21, 2015. Here’s the official blurb: Raised by her widowed mother in genteel poverty in the 1920s in an isolated English village, for the past six years Rachel Woodley has been working in France as a nursery…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Since I’m judging for a contest, most of this week’s reading falls into the “classified” category. But I can tell you that I finally read Connie Willis’s Doomsday Book, about a grad student thrown back into the (fourteenth century) past and an epidemic in the present. So compelling but so very, very emotionally draining. Right…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
I’ve finished off my Kestrel-a-thon with Whom the Gods Love and The Devil in Music (so brilliantly done!), and now I’m finally starting a book I’ve been meaning to read for ages: Connie Willis’s Doomsday Book, about a grad student dropped back in time to the fourteenth century. (Every historian’s dream, right?) What have you…
Read MoreA Decade of Pink!
This February marks ten years since the first Pink Carnation book, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, came into the world. How did that happen?!?! That seems to call for some sort of celebration, doesn’t it? I hearby officially declare February Pink anniversary month here on the website. I’ll have some of the Pink…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
From Georgette Heyer, it was an easy hop to another set of old favorites: Kate Ross’s Julian Kestrel mysteries, Cut to the Quick and A Broken Vessel. These Regency-set mysteries are pitch-perfect when it comes to both setting and character and it makes me terribly sad to know that there will never be more than…
Read MoreHello, Connecticut and New Jersey!
Are you in the Tri-State Area? Over the next month, I’ll be doing one event in Connecticut and one in New Jersey, both with the lovely Sarah MacLean and Jennifer Robson. Here are the details: What: Panel and signing with Sarah MacLean and Jennifer Robson! When: Saturday, January 31, 5:00 Where: RJ Julia, 768 Boston…
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