One week until ASHFORD!
As much as it boggles my mind, it is, indeed, April already– which means only one week left to go until The Ashford Affair appears in bookstores! (Or in your mailbox or on your Kindle or Nook or iTunes account.) The Ashford Affair comes out next Tuesday, April 9th! So much Ashford info to share….…
Read MorePinkorama #3
Just a quick reminder… all Pinkorama entries are due in tomorrow! I’ll be posting the full slate of candidates here on the website on Wednesday, so everyone can vote for their favorites, with prizes all around. And now, without further ado, we have Pinkorama #3, courtesy of the talented Candace and Cassandra: “Peep & Biscuits”,…
Read MorePinkorama #2
More fun with peeps! For Pinkorama #2, we have Christine and Jean’s creation: The Ruination of Penelopeep. Here’s the description: Ahh, Penelopeep. She was rocking out to the Harlem Shake at a party with her girls (hey, at least it wasn’t Gangnam Style) and accidentally blurts out that she was snogging with Freddie Staines in…
Read MorePinkorama #1
For our first Pinkorama, we have… the showdown at the end of The Deception of the Emerald Ring, beautifully crafted by Julie and Casey. Here’s the overall view: You can see Geoff battling the rebels and Miss Gwen with her sword parasol while the rebel hideaway goes up in flames and Jasper makes off with…
Read MoreASHFORD AFFAIR Audio
Want a sneak snippet of The Ashford Affair audio? The folks at Macmillan audio just sent me Chapter One of the audio version! Just click the play button below to listen…. The audio is available on a preloaded digital audio player from Amazon or as a digital download from Audible and iTunes (the Audible and…
Read MoreDeanna Raybourn Give Away!
Sadly, there’s only one Deanna, so no extras to go around, but she is giving away copies of her upcoming release, A Spear of Summer Grass, on her website today. Like The Ashford Affair, A Spear of Summer Grass is set among the wild expat English crowd in Kenya in the 1920s. (If you click…
Read MorePinkorama Extension
I’ll admit it. I dropped the ball on the Pinkorama this year. (As I described on the Ballroom Blog the other day, there’s been a bit of a four book bottleneck going on chez moi.) Since I completely forgot to post any reminders, I’m extending the Pinkorama deadline by an extra week, to April 2nd,…
Read MoreASHFORD Launch– the Webcast!
For those who aren’t in the Phoenix area, the Poisoned Pen is going to be broadcasting the Ashford Affair launch event live on the evening of April 9th, starting at 7:00 PM PST (10:00 EST). Here’s the link to the livestream. It will go live at 7:00 PST on April 9th and then can be…
Read MoreOnly two weeks…
…until The Ashford Affair!! I’ll be signing books in Arizona, Michigan, Illinois, and New York. Just click here for the list and for information on how to order signed/personalized books. There will also be a live webcast from the launch event in Phoenix on April 9! (More on that shortly.) If you’ve already ordered a…
Read MoreArizona AAUW Luncheon, 4/10
It seems very appropriate to be speaking about The Ashford Affair, a book about mothers, daughters, friendships, and ambition, at a fundraiser luncheon for the American Association of University Women. The luncheon kicks off at 11:30 on April 10th (Wednesday) at the Artichoke Grill on the Scottsdale Community College Campus (9000 E Chaparral Road). The…
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