THAT SUMMER Read Along!
I am deeply excited to announce that this August will be a month-long That Summer read along! Have you read That Summer? Do you have questions? Or have you been meaning to read That Summer and not gotten around to it yet? Have a friend or book club you think might enjoy the story? Then…
Read MoreThere will be a stoat….
The marvelous Sharlene of Graphics by Sharlene surprised me with a gift this morning: a video for The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla! Warning: you might want to swallow whatever you’re drinking before you watch this. There may have been some choking on tea about mid-way through. Thank you so much, Sharlene! I’m still giggling.
Read MoreHappiness for MIDNIGHT MANZANILLA!
The first of the reviews of The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla is in…. (Always a nerve-wracking moment!) According to RT Book Reviews: The latest in the Pink Carnation series is a delightfully eerie Halloween book that combines all of the suspense of the spy series with the era’s fascination with the supernatural. Willig’s writing…
Read MoreMIDNIGHT MANZANILLA Winner!
So many apologies! In the flurry of travel this Friday, I completely forgot to announce the winner of Monday’s give away. So, without further ado, the winner of the very last ARC of The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla is… Pat D! (Of Comment #50.) Congrats, Pat! Drop me a line with your info and…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Writing that post for Heroes and Heartbreakers on “house” books made me nostalgic for some of my favorite house books. So this was a week of re-reads for me, starting with Barbara Michaels’s Ammie, Come Home, a classic ghost story set in a townhouse in Georgetown, followed by House of Many Shadows (another house with…
Read MoreMore Snippets of MIDNIGHT MANZANILLA
In which we meet Lucien…. In which Miss Gwen still thinks this book is about her…. And in which, for Sally, a kiss is never just a kiss…. Only a little over three weeks until The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla appears in stores!
Read MoreMonday Give Away: MIDNIGHT MANZANILLA!
With less than a month to go until Pink XI, The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla, appears in stores… it’s time to put my final advance copy up for grabs! 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…
Read MoreWeekend Reading
With a holiday weekend always comes the prospect of wonderful, guilt-free reading time. On my stack for the weekend? Since I’ve read Dorothy Sayers’s Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries until I can practically recite them, I’ve been meaning and meaning to try Margery Allingham’s Campion books. My amazing editor also just sent me Heather Snow’s three…
Read MoreASHFORD PARK Winner
The winner of the French edition of The Ashford Affair is… Emily! (Of Comment #11.) Congrats, Emily! If you email me with your details, I’ll pop your book in the mail to you. More foreign editions of Ashford Affair coming up in September, when we do our Ashford Around the World give away….
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: MANZANILLA Snippets
For those of you who aren’t on Facebook, here are some of my favorite snippets from The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla, which the talented Sharlene made into e-cards for me: In which Sally encounters Lucien, Duke of Belliston at a ball: In which Sally receives the gift of a stoat: Just for the record,…
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