Monday Give Away: WHY KINGS CONFESS
For today’s Monday give away, I have… an ARC of C.S. Harris’s ninth St. Cyr novel, Why Kings Confess. Here’s the official blurb: The gruesome murder of a young French physician draws aristocratic investigator Sebastian St. Cyr and his pregnant wife, Hero, into a dangerous, decades-old mystery as a wrenching piece of Sebastian’s past puts…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
The nice thing about an airplane delay is that it does provide uninterrupted time to read. While we were sitting on the tarmac at JFK, I gobbled up two books: — Jan Moran, Scent of Roses. Ever wonder where those truly sweeping stories went? Heroines who persevere through war and upheaval, lose everything, build it…
Read MoreASHFORD Audio on Sale
Have you been looking for the audio version of The Ashford Affair? It’s on sale on iTunes this week for only $5.95! Also on sale for only $5.95 right now? Susanna Kearsley’s The Rose Garden. You can find a sample– the complete first chapter– of the Ashford Affair audio book right here on the website.
Read MoreTHAT SUMMER "an absolute treasure"
Reader to Reader Reviews just made my day. No– my week. How, you may ask? By comparing That Summer to the works of Elizabeth Peters/Barbara Michaels. I am beyond thrilled by the comparison to one of my all time favorite authors. If there’s any author whose books have set their stamp on me, it’s Elizabeth…
Read MorePRIME MINISTER'S SECRET AGENT Winner
And the winner of the advance copy of Susan Elia MacNeal’s The Prime Minister’s Secret Agent is… JD LaHaie! (Of Comment #24.) Congrats, JD! If you contact me with your info, I’ll pop your ARC in the mail to you. Thanks, everyone, for all the wonderful WWII reading and viewing suggestions!
Read MoreNew Orleans on Saturday!
I’ll be signing books this Saturday in New Orleans at the RT Book Fair. If you’re in the area, stop on by to have your books signed! That Summer won’t be for sale at the fair (since it doesn’t come out until June 3), but I will bring bookplates with me, so you can put…
Read MoreMonday Give Away: THE PRIME MINISTER'S SECRET AGENT
It’s time for Monday Give Away! This Monday we have… an advance copy of the fourth book in Susan Elia MacNeal’s Maggie Hope series, The Prime Minister’s Secret Agent. Here’s the official blurb: For fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Charles Todd, and Anne Perry, The Prime Minister’s Secret Agent is a gripping new mystery featuring intrepid…
Read MoreMIDNIGHT MANZANILLA Winner!
All I can say is, you guys know my characters way too well. To everyone who commented that Eloise would be into dressing up and Colin wouldn’t? Spot on. Eloise goes to the Dudley House Halloween party as a random Regency woman, exact character unspecified (I’m guessing Eloise is channeling Jane Wooliston here, but doesn’t…
Read MorePink Carnation en Francais!
I have very happy news! The first three books in the Pink Carnation series– The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, The Masque of the Black Tulip, and The Deception of the Emerald Ring— are being published in French in Canada! The publisher is Ada of Quebec. As soon as I have release dates, and…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Okay, folks! I’ve been in a big reading slump and need recommendations. What have you been reading this week? And is there anything that has particularly stood out for you lately?
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