THE OTHER DAUGHTER has a cover!
The Other Daughter, aka the 1927 Book, aka the next stand alone novel, has a cover! Tres snazzy, no? The Other Daughter will be coming your way from St. Martin’s Press on June 2, 2015. Usually, by now I’d have a The Other Daughter page up and running here on the website with description and…
Read MorePink Carnation Still Life
I hadn’t realized when I posted the Pink Carnation Fall Back in Time contest on the spur of the moment last week that it would yield, not just selfies, but gorgeous still lifes! We have Betty’s Betrayal of the Blood Lily: (I have serious cookie envy! Betty, I may have to badger you for your…
Read MoreGet Your Camera Ready….
It’s time to Fall Back in Time, Pink Carnation style! Today, 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. So we’re having… Fall Back in Time Pink Carnation edition! Just take a picture…
Read MoreMIDNIGHT MANZANILLA Winner!
And the winner of the copy of The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla is… … Joan! (Of Comment #71.) Congratulations, Joan! If you let me know where to send it, I’ll pop your book in the mail to you. Happy Halloween, all! Oh, and just for fun, if you’re not a Facebook person, check out…
Read MoreWeekly 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…
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