DABWAHA Round Two!
DABWAHA Round Two starts at noon today! And The Ashford Affair is up against… Susanna Kearsley’s The Firebird. I love Susanna. And I love The Firebird. So I can only echo the sentiments of the card that Susanna posted on Facebook today: While I’d love for Ashford Affair to make it to Round Two, it’s…
Read MoreDABWAHA Update
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who voted in Round One of the DABWAHA! You are the best. The Ashford Affair not only made it to Round Two, it did so by over three hundred votes more than the competition. All I can say is… wow. And thank you. Round Two opens tomorrow,…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
This week was a mixed bag of re-reads: — Mary Stewart, Madam, Will You Talk?. As always, her prose is beautiful and her sense of place impeccable, but re-reading it reminded me of why this is one of the few Mary Stewarts I usually don’t re-read. There’s something rather… off… about her relationship with the…
Read MoreTHAT SUMMER on Goodreads!
Happy news! My publisher is giving away twenty copies of my June book, That Summer, on Goodreads right now. The contest ends on March 31st. Just follow this link to enter. That Summer is available for pre-order via Amazon, B&N, Books-A-Million, or your favorite local bookseller. To learn more about That Summer and to read…
Read MoreDABWAHA Round One– Today!
It’s Round One of the DABWAHA, and The Ashford Affair is up against Nowhere but Home. Help Ashford to make it into Round Two by clicking on this link and placing your vote! You’ll also find The Firebird up against The Rosie Project and A Spear of Summer Grass dueling it out with Longbourn. Let’s…
Read MoreSILENCE FOR THE DEAD Winner
And the winner of the advance copy of Simone St. James’s Silence for the Dead is… Ashley! (Of Comment #27.) Congrats, Ashley! If you email me with your info, I’ll put your book in the mail to you. Coming up next Monday: a paperback copy of Bee Ridgway’s The River of No Return. Happy reading,…
Read MoreOne week until ASHFORD!
Can you believe it? We’re down to one week until The Ashford Affair appears in paperback! My birthday is only three days later, so seeing Ashford in stores, with its snazzy new paperback cover, is going to be my present. In happy news, Target has chosen The Ashford Affair for their Emerging Authors program! Which…
Read MoreA DABWAHA Clarification
Much mea culpa! Since my March Madness experience is nil, I misread the DABWAHA form— it turns out that this round is only picking your bracket, ie the people you think are going to win. The actual voting starts on March 20th. Here’s the DABWAHA schedule: — March 20, Round One — March 22, Round…
Read MoreMonday Give Away: SILENCE FOR THE DEAD
It’s Monday give away time! Today we have… Simone St. James’s upcoming 1919-set ghost story, Silence for the Dead. Here’s the official blurb: “Portis House emerged from the fog as we approached, showing itself slowly as a long, low shadow….” In 1919, Kitty Weekes, pretty, resourceful, and on the run, falsifies her background to obtain…
Read MoreDABWAHA Round One!
It’s Round One of the DABWAHA– and The Ashford Affair is up against Nowhere but Home. Help Ashford to move to the next round by stopping by and voting! Round One voting is open from now until tomorrow night. You’ll also find Susanna Kearsley’s The Firebird up against The Rosie Project and Deanna Raybourn’s A…
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