Thursday Give Away

For our first Thursday give away of the new year, I am thrilled to announce that we have an advance copy of Beatriz Williams’s upcoming A Hundred Summers. Here’s the official blurb: Memorial Day, 1938: New York socialite Lily Dane has just returned with her family to the idyllic oceanfront community of Seaview, Rhode Island,…

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Happy Paperback Birthday, GARDEN INTRIGUE!

If you’ve been waiting for The Garden Intrigue to make its way into paperback, today is the day! Paperback Garden Intrigue slips onto shelves today, just before the New Year’s confetti starts flying. You can find The Garden Intrigue paperback in stores, or available online from Amazon, B&N, Books-A-Million, Indiebound, Powell’s, and probably other places…

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MISTLETOE– for free?

I’ve just discovered that the Kindle edition of The Mischief of the Mistletoe is being offered for free right now in the UK to Amazon prime members. It’s a lordly 0.99 for non-members. If you have any friends in the UK who might be interested, please let them know! The Mistletoe sale ends on January…

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Weekly Reading Round-Up

The nice thing about long airport delays is that they do provide plenty of time for reading. Here’s what I’ve been reading this week: — Beatriz Williams, A Hundred Summers. Beautifully written, thought-provoking, heart-warming… I can keep going. I loved this book. It’s a pitch-perfect glimpse into the world of New York’s elite in the…

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ASHFORD Winner!

Many apologies for the delay in posting the winner of the advance copy of The Ashford Affair. I’ve been away these past few days and was having trouble getting into my website remotely. Without further ado, the winner of the signed ARC of The Ashford Affair is… … Lucy D-G! (Of Comment #133.) Congrats, Lucy!…

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If You Like….

Something about the holiday vacation week makes me think of long, snowy afternoon reading childhood favorites. The phrase that came immediately to mind was “classic contentment reads”, the sorts of books you read when the blackberry has stopped buzzing, the final paper has been turned in, the smell of good baking things permeates the house,…

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"Mistletoe" UK E-Book Sale

Happy news! Over in the UK, The Mischief of the Mistletoe has been chosen to be part of Amazon.co.uk’s Twelve Days of Kindle sale. The sale runs from Christmas Day to January 7th, so if you’re in the UK, keep your eye out for a steeply discounted Kindle edition of Mistletoe!

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Weekly Reading Round-Up

Happy Friday! Here’s what I’ve been reading this week: — Julia Spencer-Fleming, To Darkness and to Death, et al. I finished up my Julia Spencer-Fleming marathon with To Darkness and to Death, All Mortal Flesh, I Shall Not Want, and One Was a Soldier, and then felt very bereft when I was done. It was…

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Thursday Give Away– ASHFORD!

I did mention a very special Thursday give away for today, didn’t I? I’ve been hoarding my last two advance copies of The Ashford Affair just to give away to you. Once the holidays are over, one will be put up for grabs in a big contest in the Contest page, but that still leaves…

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Teaser Tuesday: The "Lost" Intro to MISTLETOE

Every website needs its holiday traditions…. With The Mischief of the Mistletoe popping up on all sorts of “best of” lists, it seemed like a good time for the annual re-posting of The Lost Introduction to The Mischief of the Mistletoe. As you know, Jane Austen appears in Mistletoe as a side character. This terrified…

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