For my German readers….
I have a little surprise I’ve been saving for my German-speaking readers! This Christmas, I have an original short story appearing in an anthology called Weihnachtsherzen. Here’s the official blurb (in German, of course!): Die junge Zoe, die nach dem herzzerreißenden Ende ihrer Beziehung an die Küste von Maine flieht und von einem geheimnisvollen Fischer…
Read MoreMichigan: 9/6 and 9/7
I’m going to be making a bunch of appearances in Michigan this coming weekend, along with some of my favorite people! Here’s the schedule. Saturday, September 6: — at 1:30, at the Romeo District Library in Washington, MI, speaking on the Mystery Comes to Michigan panel with Tasha Alexander, Elizabeth Heiter, Susan Elia MacNeal, Theresa…
Read MoreWeek Four of the Read Along
It’s the final week of the That Summer Read Along! Which means that we’ll be discussing all of the questions surrounding the ending. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t participated in the Read Along until now. Feel free to drop in this Friday and join the discussion. I’ll also be having an Ask the Author…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
I have the best college roommate in the whole wide world. Last week she sent me a box of loot– including four vintage Kathleen Gilles Seidel novels. If you haven’t read Kathleen Gilles Seidel, they’re a little romance, a little women’s fiction, deeply moving, and always fascinating. My two favorites are Again, about a woman…
Read MoreBrooklyn Event– Tonight!
If you’re in the New York area, come join me, Sarah MacLean, and Maya Rodale tonight at WORD Bookstore in Brooklyn for a conversation about rakes, rogues, and historical romance. If you can’t make it to the signing, but would like a signed copy of any of our books, just let the folks at WORD…
Read MoreJANE AUSTEN'S FIRST LOVE Winner
The winner of the signed copy of Jane Austen’s First Love is…. Sheila! (Of Comment #12.) Congrats, Sheila! If you email me, I’ll let Syrie know where to send your book. Many thanks to Syrie James for providing this give away!
Read MorePink For All Seasons
As you may know, the final book in the Pink Carnation series, The Lure of the Moonflower, is slated to hit the shelves next August, 2015. In honor of the impending end of the series, the lovely Ashley of The Bubblebath Reader is holding a year long Pink Extravaganza on her blog. Eleven months… eleven…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: How autobiographical is Eloise?
Recently, I’ve received a number of messages asking whether (and some assuming that) the Eloise portion of The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla is autobiographical. Here’s the short answer: it’s not. There are certainly elements of my world woven into Eloise’s story. The descriptions of Cambridge in 2004 are as true as my memory can…
Read MoreMonday Give Away: JANE AUSTEN'S FIRST LOVE
Today on Monday Give Away, we have… a copy of Syrie James’s latest, Jane Austen’s First Love! Here’s the official blurb: Fifteen-year-old Jane Austen dreams of three things: doing something useful, writing something worthy, and falling madly in love. When she visits her brother in Kent to celebrate his engagement, she meets wealthy, devilishly handsome…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
I’ve been chugging away on the 1927 book this week, interspersed with hanging out at the That Summer Read Along, so there hasn’t been that much leisure reading this week. But I have dipped into: — Laurie King’s Pirate King, the eleventh in her Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series. (As you can imagine, I’m…
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