THE FORGOTTEN ROOM has a cover!
It’s not easy to come up with a cover for a book with three different time periods– and three different authors! But I think the NAL art department did a pretty amazing job, don’t you? The Forgotten Room is due to appear at a bookstore near you on January 19. (Book tour dates and locations…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Every now and then you just need a bit of Dorothy Sayers. This week, I revisited one of my favorites, Murder Must Advertise, in which Wimsey goes undercover in an advertising agency. It’s amazing how current much of it feels, although the bit that spoke to me the most was this passage: “He was reminded…
Read More"Other Daughter" ARCs!
Look what showed up on my doorstep earlier this week…. Advance review copies of The Other Daughter! Aren’t they pretty? I’ll be giving one away here on the website as soon as I can think of a sufficiently cunning contest…. You can find The Other Daughter for pre-order at Amazon, B&N, Books-A-Million, Indiebound, Powell’s, and…
Read MoreNew on the Website….
What with one thing and another, I’ve been slow about website updates this year. But, at long last, you can now find– — an excerpt from The Other Daughter (you can find a second excerpt here); — the first (historical) chapter of The Lure of the Moonflower; — the official blurb for The Forgotten Room;…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
This week’s big find? Winifred Watson’s 1937 bestseller, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. Where has this book been all my life? How had I not read it before? Miss Pettigrew and Flora Poste would have a great deal to discuss…. After that, it was Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Making of a Marchioness, which I’d…
Read MoreAnd the Pinkorama winners are….
Everyone! With Pinkoramae like that, how could I not give a prize to each and every one? But if you want to know what the vote tallies were, we had…. Honorable Mentions: Christine’s Vampeep (and pound cake): Nikki’s Love at First Peep: Third Place: Candace and Cassandra’s Napeepleon Meets Miss Gwen: Second Place: Rachel’s Robert’s…
Read MoreThe 2015 Pinkorama Round-Up
2015 is a banner year in the annals of the Pinkorama. We have five beautiful scenes, each unique and crafted with sugary care. And, for the first time, also a recipe! So many thanks to Rachel, Nikki, Christine, Pam, Colleen, Candance, and Cassandra for these Pink peep recreations! I am so in awe of your…
Read MorePinkorama #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…
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