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…
Read MorePURPLE 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…
Read MoreTexas 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,…
Read MoreTeaser 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…
Read MoreMonday 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…
Read MoreBlogger 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,…
Read MoreWeekly 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…
Read MoreTHAT 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…
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