Weekly Reading Round-Up
It’s been a bit of a blurry week (my toddler has decided that sleep is for other people), so I’m having a rather hard time remembering what I’ve read and if I read. But two books stand out: — Georgette Heyer’s The Grand Sophy, in which a redoubtable young lady reorganizes her relations. Some of…
Read MorePink Carnation Cookery: Vampire Cookies
This month, in honor of The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla and its mysterious hero, Christine brings us… vampire cookies! I love sugar cookies (and Halloween), so I am very excited to make these. One other genius bit about this recipe? These cookies contain jam. Raspberry jam. What more appropriate ingredient could there be for…
Read MoreHalloween– from the Archives
As part of our Halloween countdown, here’s one of my favorite posts from the archives, on the topic of Halloween costumes. I wrote this post– eek– seven years ago, back when I was still juggling writing and lawyering. At the time, I was also participating in a group blog called the Access Romance All-A-Blog. On…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: putting the Halloween in the Halloween book.
Although I call The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla my Halloween book, I do so with some reservations. True, it’s set in October, in that season of mist and shrinking daylight hours, of changing leaves and that sudden, sharp chill in the air. And part of the book, the part that’s set in Cambridge (the…
Read MoreFall Back in Time– Pink Carnation style!
On November 1, the Historical Romance Network is encouraging everyone to Fall Back in Time by taking pictures of themselves holding their favorite historical romance novels and posting them with the hashtag #FallBackinTime. Do you know what would be even more fun? Fall Back in Time Pink Carnation edition! Just take a picture of yourself…
Read MoreA Halloween Give Away!
With Halloween coming up this Friday, it felt only appropriate to have a give away of The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla, my very first Halloween book. In fact, it’s going to be Halloween week here on the website! On Tuesday, we’ll have some fun facts about Halloween (or the lack of it) in the…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
This has been a rather sleepy reading week for me. I did something I usually never do: I re-read two of my own books, The Betrayal of the Blood Lily and The Passion of the Purple Plumeria, to make sure that I had various bits of Jack’s and Jane’s backstories right for the upcoming Lure…
Read MoreFor my German readers….
Weihnachtsherzen: Die schönsten Geschichten zum Fest, the anthology to which I contributed a short story, comes out tomorrow! (24 October.) My short story is called “The Snow Globe”, set in 1920s London. The anthology is available (in German) in both hardcover and e-book.
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: THE PINK CARNATION IN LOVE
I have another little secret project that I’ve been itching to tell you about– a Pink Carnation novella! The Pink Carnation in Love will be appearing in e-form on June 16, 2015. I’d always wanted to write about the Pink Carnation’s failed love affair with the Chevalier de la Tour d’Argent. (Whom those of you…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Hi, all! Apologies for not being around much on the website recently. It’s been a bit of a crazy fall so far. But I’ll have more If You Likes and Teaser Tuesdays for you soon! In the meantime, here’s what I’ve been reading this week: — Florence King, Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady. I…
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