ASHFORD AFFAIR Release Dates
Remember the days when a book used to come out in just one edition and that was that? Now, with all the movable parts involved, I’ve had some questions about what will be available when. Here’s the Ashford Affair release date round-up: — April 9th: hardcover, Kindle, Nook, Apple iBooks, Kobo, large print, and audio…
Read MoreLook What I've Got!
Hot off the presses– the first copies of The Ashford Affair! The one on the right is the U.S. edition (coming to a bookstore near you on April 9th!) and the one on the left is the international edition, which will be on sale in the U.K. There’s really nothing like holding a copy of…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
This week, a bunch of much-anticipated books arrived. Here’s what I’ve been reading this week: — Kristan Higgins, The Best Man Kristan Higgins’s contemporary romances are one of my favorite escapes from the nineteenth century, so a new one is always cause for celebration. — Rachel Hore, A Place of Secrets Thanks, Pam, for the…
Read MoreFun with ASHFORD Covers
I love seeing different covers for the same book, especially foreign editions. Just this morning, I received what has to be my favorite foreign edition cover art yet: the cover for the German edition of The Ashford Affair. Doesn’t it make you think of old Mary Stewart novels? I can just picture alighting from that…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Author Lag
I’ve written here before about the curious phenomenon I call “author lag”. It’s like jet lag, but with books. Given the length of the publishing cycle, I’m always at least a full book ahead of what you see on shelves. By the time a book comes out, the next one is usually complete, copyedited, and…
Read MoreName That Stoat!
As some of you may know, I’m starting work on Pink XI, Sally Fitzhugh’s book, right around now. Last month, it came to my attention that Sally is in possession of a rather unusual pet. Because, yes, Sally would have to be original. The pet? Is a stoat. So far, I have resisted entreaties to…
Read MoreLess than one month…
…until The Ashford Affair appears in stores! It’s been a good few weeks for The Ashford Affair. Ashford was chosen as an Indie Next pick for April and as one of Library Journal’s Editors’ Spring Picks. Kirkus Reviews praises The Ashford Affair‘s “sharp, scintillating dialogue and expert scene-craft”, Library Journal calls The Ashford Affair “a…
Read MoreThursday Give Away Winner
The winner of Sherry Thomas’s Ravishing the Heiress is… Rebecca B! (Of Comment #14.) Congrats, Rebecca! If you’ll email me with your info, I’ll pop your book in the mail to you. More on Thursday!
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Here’s what I’ve been reading this week: — Sherry Thomas, Ravishing the Heiress. A beautifully written marriage of convenience story about two people growing gradually into each other’s lives. In some ways, it reminds me a great deal of Heyer’s A Civil Contract, in that, in both, the aristocratic hero discovers he has a head–…
Read MoreThursday Give Away
For today’s Thursday give away, I have a copy of Sherry Thomas’s Ravishing the Heiress. Here’s the official blurb: Millicent understands the terms of her arranged marriage all too well. She gets to be a Countess by marrying an impoverished Earl. And in return, the Earl Fitzhugh receives the benefit of her vast wealth, saving…
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