SILENCE 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…
Read MoreASHFORD Winner
And the winner of the paperback copy of The Ashford Affair is…. Courtney F! (Of Comment #22.) Congrats, Courtney! If you email me with your info, I’ll pop the book in the mail to you. Stay tuned for a give away of Simone St. James’s Silence for the Dead, coming up tomorrow. In the meantime,…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
I’ve finally begun digging into that book pile! Here’s what I’ve been reading this week: — Susanna Kearsley, The Splendour Falls I stumbled on Susanna Kearsley’s books when I was in grad school, via Season of Storms. I got my hands on The Shadowy Horses and Named of the Dragon right away, but The Splendor…
Read MoreCompare and Contrast
Looking at the French edition of The Ashford Affair, I was struck by how much the covers vary by country. I’ve lucked out with some extra lovely cover art for Ashford, all around. Here, for your amusement, is the full panoply of Ashford covers. Which do you like best? Ashford US, hardcover and paperback: Germany…
Read MoreASHFORD en Francais!
Je suis tres heureuse to announce that The Ashford Affair, aka Ashford Park, will be coming out in France two months from Saturday: 15 May. What do you think of the snazzy French cover?
Read MoreBERKELEY SQUARE AFFAIR Winner
Thanks so much to everyone for the wonderful suggestions for books with a literary twist! As always, my To Read pile just grows and grows. The winner of Tracy Grant’s latest, The Berkeley Square Affair, is… … Leila! (Of Comment #36.) Congrats, Leila! I hope you enjoy the book. If you email me with your…
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