Pink Carnation Recap: GARDEN INTRIGUE
Eight down, only one more to go until we’re caught up with the series before the release of Pink X, The Passion of the Purple Plumeria! We round off our recap marathon with Pink IX, The Garden Intrigue. Who: Emma Morris Delagardie and Augustus Whittlesby Where: France When: Summer, 1804 What: When Augustus Whittlesby hears…
Read MorePink Carnation Recap: ORCHID AFFAIR
Only two more recaps… and two weeks… to go until Pink X, The Passion of the Purple Plumeria! Today, it’s Pink VIII, The Orchid Affair. Who: Laura Grey and Andre Jaouen Where: France When: Winter and Spring, 1804 What: When Laura Grey goes undercover in the home of Napoleonic operative Andre Jaouen as a governess,…
Read MorePink Carnation Recap: MISTLETOE
It’s time for the RITA-winning, root vegetable-starring, Christmas pudding-centric Mischief of the Mistletoe! Who: Arabella Dempsey and Turnip Fitzhugh Where: England When: Christmas, 1803 What: When a mysterious Christmas pudding with a message shows up at an all girls’ school in Bath, neither Arabella nor Turnip have any idea that it will lead them on…
Read MorePink Carnation Recap: BLOOD LILY
We’re up to the sixth book in the Pink series, The Betrayal of the Blood Lily. Who: Penelope Deveraux Staines and Alex Reid Where: India When: Autumn, 1804 What: Exiled to India to allow the scandal of her hasty marriage time to die down, Penelope finds herself battling cobras, spies, and her own treacherous emotions.…
Read MoreNIGHT JASMINE: the "Ice Cream" Scene
I am deeply amused. Little did I realize, five years ago, when I wrote my favorite scene in The Temptation of the Night Jasmine, in which Eloise and her best friend Pammy speculate as to the ice cream flavor of their various male acquaintances, that they were actually ahead of the scientific curve. According to…
Read MorePink Carnation Recap: NIGHT JASMINE
Five! Five Pink books! Meet Pink V, The Temptation of the Night Jasmine. Who: Charlotte Lansdowne and Robert, Duke of Dovedale Where: England When: Winter, 1803-4 What: Innocent and bookish Charlotte finds herself swept up in a web of intrigue stretching from the Hell Fire Club to the court of George III. Historical Cameos: George…
Read MorePURPLE PLUMERIA Mug Winners
We interrupt our regularly scheduled Pink Carnation Countdown to announce the winners of the Purple Plumeria mug contest! The most popular mug, hands down, was “Speak loudly and carry a large parasol”. Miss Gwen’s little life lessons? In second place, “Keep Calm and Carry a Parasol”. Do I detect a parasol theme? And in third…
Read MoreSigned Cover Flat Winners
Thank you so much for your kind comments about the various books in the Pink series! Reading your comments did more to energize me for writing the next Pink book than any amount of caffeine. As a thank you, I have signed cover flats of The Passion of the Purple Plumeria to give out. The…
Read MorePink Carnation Recap: CRIMSON ROSE
We’re up to Pink IV, The Seduction of the Crimson Rose! Who: Mary Alsworthy and Lord Vaughn Where: England When: Autumn, 1803 What: Lord Vaughn recruits socialite Mary Alsworthy for an unlikely task: infiltrating the League of the Black Tulip. Historical Cameos: None. Lord Vaughn isn’t letting anyone steal his thunder. Fun facts about Crimson…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
I don’t want to distract from the Pink Carnation recap (three down, six to go before we get to Miss Gwen’s book!), so I’ll report this week’s reading speedily…. — Jane Aiken Hodge, Maulever Hall. I had mixed feelings about this 80s Gothic, which veered unevenly somewhere between Regency and Gothic territory, sometimes arch, sometimes…
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