On the Ballroom Blog….

Over on the Ballroom Blog, we’ve been having a choose your own adventure saga involving the misadventures of Lady Beaufeatheringstone’s nephew, Lord Montague Moylan-Hazell (pronounced “Marzipan-Hat”) as he attempts to return to England from India via pirate ships, galaxies far, far away, and Brazilian tango competitions. If you haven’t stumbled across this yet, you’ll want…

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If You Like….

The author apologizes. I found myself flat out of “if you like” inspiration this week. SO– do you have any particular tropes or types of books you’d like to see explored in an “if you like”? If so, let me know in the Comments section below! Also, if it will help to make it up…

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Thursday Give Away Winner

The winner of Sarah MacLean’s One Good Earl Deserves a Lover is… Michelle K! (Of Comment #18.) Congrats, Michelle! If you send me your info, I’ll see that the book makes it safely to you. Another give away coming up this Thursday!

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Weekly Reading Round-Up

Apologies, all! I’m still in contest-judging mode, which means there’s little to report this week. However, I can say that I’ve started reading Juliana Gray’s A Duke Never Yields, which comes out on February 5th, and it is absolutely worth all those starred reviews. This is the third in the Affairs by Moonlight trilogy, but…

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Thursday Give Away

For today’s Thursday give away, we have Sarah MacLean’s latest, One Good Earl Deserves a Lover. Here’s the official blurb: Lady Philippa Marbury is . . . odd. The brilliant, bespectacled daughter of a double marquess cares more for books than balls, for science than the season, and for laboratories than love. She’s looking forward…

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Writerspace Chat: Thursday, 9:00

On Thursday night, I’ll be over at Writerspace from 9:00 to 10:00 Eastern time, live chatting about the books and whatever else– so if there’s anything you’ve been wanting to ask, stop on by! You can find a full list of the authors who will be in the chat-room tomorrow night here.

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Teaser Tuesday: Back at the Ranch

Meanwhile, back at the ranch…. You may have noticed that posting has been a little erratic here recently. I’d love to claim technological gremlins (those convenient little scapegoats), but the truth is that I’ve been working full speed ahead on the next stand alone novel, which should be, cross fingers, knock on wood, turned in…

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Thursday Give Away Winner

The winner of the advance copy of The River of No Return is… … Jennifer! (Of Comment #14.) Congrats, Jennifer! If you let me know where to send it, I’ll pop the book in the mail to you. Sarah MacLean’s One Good Earl Deserves a Lover will be coming up for grabs this Thursday!

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Weekly Reading Round-Up

My apologies. I am going to have to be mum about most of what I read this week, since I’m judging yet another contest, which means that all of the books I’m reading for that are off-limits. (There is some draconian language in the judging form about that.) The one book I read this week…

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Thursday Give Away

For today’s Thursday give away, we have an advance copy of Bee Ridgway’s debut novel, The River of No Return. Here’s the official blurb: In Bee Ridgway’s wonderfully imaginative debut novel, a man and a woman travel through time in a quest to bring down a secret society that controls the past and, thus, the…

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