Teaser Tuesday: Miss Gwen in action
Over the years (and ten Pink books), Miss Gwen has gotten rather good at this whole spying thing. When we first run into her at the beginning of The Passion of the Purple Plumeria, she’s on the trail of a particularly big fish, Napoleon’s twisty foreign minister, Talleyrand. (p.s. seasoned Pink readers will also recognize…
Read MoreIf You Like….
A weekend when the temperature dropped to ninety– after sundown– put me in mind of all those books set during sweltering summers. The ones that pop first to mind for me are mostly Barbara Michaels novels: Be Buried in the Rain, set in a remote and crumbling plantation house in the heat of a Virginia…
Read MorePersonalized PLUMERIA: Final Call
Stack of The Passion of the Purple Plumeria? Check. Special Miss Gwen signing pen? Check. Tomorrow, I head over to the Penguin offices to pre-sign a bunch of The Passion of the Purple Plumeria for the Poisoned Pen bookstore. Since I’m not going on tour this time, the Poisoned Pen has graciously offered to deal…
Read MoreASHFORD Tour: the Grand Finale!
Today is the final stop on the Ashford Affair blog tour! Thanks so much to everyone who has come with me on the journey and to all the bloggers who have hosted me along the way. Our final stop is the virtual home of the talented Miss Eliza at Strange and Random Happenstance, with questions…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
It’s been an eclectic reading week for me. I started out with Wendy Webb’s The Tale of Halcyon Crane, which reminded me, atmospherically, a lot of one of my old favorites, Barbara Michaels’ The Crying Child, both set on isolated islands, both involving family mysteries, paranormal goings-on, and the ghost of a child. From there,…
Read MoreThe ASHFORD Tour Continues!
Over the past few days, I’ve been popping around the internet. You can find new Q&As on the blog of the lovely Kate Forsyth, Turning the Pages, and A Bookish Libraria. There are also currently give aways up and running for a copy of The Ashford Affair on Literary, Etc and Peeking Between the Pages.…
Read MoreLast chance for signed PURPLE PLUMERIA!
Since I’m not going on book tour for The Passion of the Purple Plumeria, the wonderful people at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore have graciously arranged for long-distance signing: they’re shipping me a pile of books to sign and then I’m sending them back to send to the intended recipients. As you can see, I have…
Read MorePink Carnation Barbie Contest Winners
There were twelve candidates for Pink Carnation Barbie– and if you haven’t read these yet, you should. (I would, however, advise against doing so on public transportation or standing in a grocery store line, because your chortles might cause some strange looks.) All twelve are many kinds of clever and funny enough to make me…
Read MorePURPLE PLUMERIA Mugs!
Thanks to Sharlene‘s gorgeous graphic design skills, we have Passion of the Purple Plumeria mugs! For a chance to win one, just place your vote in the Pink Carnation Barbie contest. The contest ends tonight, with all winners to be announced tomorrow.
Read MoreThings to Read While Waiting for PURPLE PLUMERIA
Just a little over a month until The Passion of the Purple Plumeria arrives in stores! But what to read while waiting? Here are some ideas: — Elizabeth Peters’ Amelia Peabody books (historical mystery), which also feature a sharp-tongued, parasol wielding heroine (start with Crocodile on the Sandbank); — ditto Gail Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate (historical…
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