Pink Carnation Cookery: Chocolate Chip Cookie Bowls
As summer winds down to a close, Christine brings us another Pink Carnation-themed treat… chocolate chip cookie ice cream bowls, in honor of The Garden Intrigue‘s American heroine, Emma Morris Delagardie. There’s something about August and ice cream that just go together like chocolate chip and cookie…. Now over to Christine! The hot days of…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: What's in a Flower?
(Note: this was originally programmed to run on July 8. But I hit “save draft” instead of “publish”. So you’re belatedly getting this post now, with apologies from your technology-phobic author.) I have a floral confession to make. There are not one but two plants called the manzanilla. One is deadly. You may also know…
Read MoreMIDNIGHT MANZANILLA Give Away
Last week, I toddled over to Penguin Books with my signing pen to inscribe a pile of The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla. They’re giving away three of those over on their Love Always page on Facebook! (https://www.facebook.com/LoveAlwaysBooks) To enter, just “like” the Midnight Manzanilla give away post on the Love Always page, and then…
Read MoreThat Summer Read Along: Week 1
It’s not too late to join in the That Summer Read Along! Today we’re discussing chapters 1-7, ably led by this week’s moderator, Christina. You can also scroll back through this week’s posts on the Read Along page to see pictures of Herne Hill now and then, a portrait that almost perfectly matches the portrait…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
The one up side to an eight hour delay at Birmingham airport? (Other than the Starbucks right next to my gate.) Lots of time to read. And I mean lots of time to read. I finally had time to read two very different advance copies of upcoming books: — Iona Grey, Letters to the Lost.…
Read MoreSigned copies of MANZANILLA
If you want a signed copy of The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla, there are four ways to go about it…. 1) Order from The Poisoned Pen Bookstore. They have a stock of signed copies winging their way from New York to Arizona right now, and, as soon as those signed books arrive at the…
Read MoreHappy Birthday, Pink XI!
It’s here! The eleventh book in the Pink Carnation series, The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla, appears in stores (or on your e-reader) today. Here’s the official blurb: In the latest Pink Carnation novel from national bestselling author Lauren Willig, rumors spreading among the ton turn deadly as a young couple unites to solve a…
Read MoreOne day until THE MARK OF THE MIDNIGHT MANZANILLA….
The eleventh book in the Pink Carnation series, The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla, comes out tomorrow! The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla is Sally Fitzhugh’s book, so it gave me particular joy to get to visit with Turnip and the gang– especially Turnip’s toddler, Parsnip. Although Miss Gwen did persist in thinking that this…
Read MoreJoin the THAT SUMMER Read Along!
The That Summer Read Along is up and running! We’ll have our first group discussion (moderated by Christina) this Friday, August 8, about chapters 1-7. So there’s still time to get reading! In the meantime, I’m popping in and out to post pictures and share background details. So if there’s anything you’d like to see…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
There have been a lot of flights in my life recently. Which, on the plus side, means lots of reading time! Among other things, I’ve read: — Susanna Kearsley’s upcoming A Desperate Fortune, which is, if possible, even better than her previous books (and I hadn’t thought anything could ever top The Shadowy Horses for…
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