Teaser Tuesday: a little bit of MIDNIGHT MANZANILLA
The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla comes out in just six weeks! To pass the time until then, here is one of my very favorite bits from The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla… in which Miss Gwen, once again, thinks this book is about her. And Sally, like another famous personage, is Not Amused. Points…
Read MoreMonday Give Away: Pink XI!
There are just over six weeks left until the eleventh Pink Carnation novel, The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla, hits the shelves– and I have two ARCs left. Let the give aways begin! Here’s the official blurb: In the latest Pink Carnation novel from national bestselling author Lauren Willig, rumors spreading among the ton turn…
Read MoreTHAT SUMMER in the NYT Book Review!
At an event this past fall, I was asked whether my books had ever been reviewed in the New York Times Review of Books. “No, and they’re never likely to be,” I said. This, after all, was right on the heels of various dust-ups regarding the Times’s coverage of women writers in general and women’s…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
I know I read something earlier this week. But I can’t for the life of me remember what it was. I know there was some Georgette Heyer in there, specifically The Convenient Marriage, one of my favorite Heyers, and one I haven’t revisited for a while. This one is 18th century, rather than Regency set,…
Read MoreTEATIME FOR THE FIREFLY Winner
The winner of the signed copy of Shona Patel’s Teatime for the Firefly is… Jeffrey! (Of Comment #3.) Congrats, Jeffrey! If you email me with your info, I’ll pop the book in the mail to you. Up next Monday? An advance copy of The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla!
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: THAT SUMMER, the painting
There’s a painting that lies at the heart of That Summer, a painting hidden behind the false back of an old wardrobe in a house in the suburbs of London. (And, just because life does imitate art sometimes, a month or so after I handed in the final version of this book, an article appeared…
Read MoreMonday Give Away: TEATIME FOR THE FIREFLY
When I discover a good book, I like nothing better than to hand it on. Although in this case, it’s disingenuous to say I discovered it, when, in fact, it was handed to me. So consider it a reading chain. The book in question? Shona Patel’s Teatime for the Firefly. Here’s the official blurb: Layla…
Read MoreThe Poisoned Pen Event on Livestream
If you couldn’t make it to the Poisoned Pen event, you can still see it– right here! The whole event (minus the first five minutes or so) has been captured on livestream and is available via the Poisoned Pen website. (Confession: my ears popped out on the plane out to Arizona in the morning– and…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
I had very good book luck this week. All three of the books I read were winners. — Deanna Raybourn, Night of a Thousand Stars. Have you been missing Lady Julia and the Marches? In this wonderful, 1920s set adventure novel, we meet March the next generation– and revisit a bunch of the older generation.…
Read MoreArizona on Wednesday
Tomorrow, I’m off to the next stop on book tour: Arizona! You can find me and Beatriz Williams at 3:00 at the Tempe Public Library and at 7:00 at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale. We hope you’ll come join us and share the fun! For more tour stops, just check the Have Author Will…
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