Teaser Tuesday: A Bit of MANZANILLA Background

Only one week left until The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla appears in stores! The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla, aka Pink XI, is Sally’s story. It is, however, not the story I originally intended to tell. I’d known I’d wanted to write a book about Sally, but there were two things I had decided…

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Monday Give Away: THE SPLENDOUR FALLS

For today’s Monday Give Away, we have a special treat: a copy of Susanna Kearsley’s The Splendour Falls! Here’s the official blurb: An Ancient Castle, a Tragic Love, and a Web of Secrets Begins to Unravel… Emily Braden has stopped believing in fairy tales and happy endings. When her fascinating but unreliable cousin Harry invites…

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San Antonio– Today!

If you’re in San Antonio, come join me today at the Twig Book Shop at 1:00! I’ll be speaking about That Summer and the Pink books and pretty much anything else you’d like me to talk about it. Here are the details: When: July 27, 1:00 Where: The Twig Book Shop, 306 Pearl Parkway, Ste.…

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Houston– Tonight!

If you’re in the Houston area, come see me, Susan Elia MacNeal, and Beatriz Williams at Murder by the Book at 6:30. A good time shall be had by all…. When: Thursday, July 24, 6:30 What: Talk & Signing with Susan Elia MacNeal & Beatriz Williams Where: Murder By the Book, 2342 Bissonnet I won’t…

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PURPLE PLUMERIA Winner!

The winner of the copy of The Passion of the Purple Plumeria is… Beth! (Of Comment #19.) Congrats, Beth! If you contact me with your details, I’ll pop your copy in the mail to you as soon as I get back from Texas next week. Thanks so much to everyone for participating– and especially to…

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Texas Tomorrow!

If you’re in the Houston area, come see me, Beatriz Williams and Susan Elia MacNeal at Murder by the Book tomorrow (Thursday) night at 6:30. After Houston, I’ll be heading on to San Antonio where you can find me at the Twig Book Shop at 1:00 on Sunday. The details are: Houston, TX When: Thursday,…

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Teaser Tuesday: Colin & Eloise

Only two weeks to go until The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla… and it just dawned on me that I haven’t shared a scrap of the Colin and Eloise portion of the book! Here, with just two weeks to go, is the entire, unabridged Prologue (aka the first Colin and Eloise chapter) of The Mark…

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Monday Give Away: PURPLE PLUMERIA

Pink XI, The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla, comes out in just two weeks! So, for this week’s Monday Give Away, we have a flashback to the previous book in the series, The Passion of the Purple Plumeria. (Just to remind Miss Gwen which book is actually about her.) Here’s the official blurb: Colonel William…

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Blogger Bash!

Thank so much to Debbie Bookstaber and Elements Associates for having me at Blogger Bash yesterday! And, of course, huge thanks to the wonderful folks at St. Martin’s Press and Penguin, who generously donated all of the books you see below. (Not to mention the immense Midnight Manzanilla sign.) Here’s the table at four o’clock,…

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Weekly Reading Round-Up

What with one thing and another, this is a slightly belated Weekly Reading Round-Up this week! I’ve been revisiting old favorites, Nancy Mitford’s Love in a Cold Climate and Dorothy Sayers’s second Harriet Vane mystery, Have His Carcase. I also– moment of gloat!– have a very, very advance copy of the new Susanna Kearsley to…

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