Thursday Give Away
For today’s Thursday give away, we have a signed copy of the second book in Andrea Penrose’s Regency-set mystery series, The Cocoa Conspiracy. Here’s the official blurb: Chocolate mixed with conspiracy is a recipe for death… Lady Arianna Hadley, now the Countess of Saybrook, is slowly settling into married life with her new husband, the…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Before ASHFORD
Every character has a backstory– and every backstory has a backstory. When I was working on The Ashford Affair, I was particularly struck by this, by all the stories, stretching back generation after generation, each shaping the next. When we meet my historical heroine, Addie, in 1906, her parents have just died in an omnibus…
Read MoreThursday Give Away Winner
Many apologies for this tardy post! I’ve been on the road and had some trouble posting remotely. The winner of Alison Pace’s You Tell Your Dog First is… Kayleigh! (Of Comment #9.) Kayleigh, if you email me with your details, I’ll pop the book in the mail to you. Up this Thursday? Book 2 in…
Read MoreTexas Signing– Today!
Today, I’ll be signing books at the Stonebriar Centre B&N in Frisco from 3:00 on, along with a fabulous group of authors including Eloisa James, Sarah MacLean, Elizabeth Boyle, and Cathy Maxwell. You know you want to be there…. In other news, book tour planning is just getting going for The Ashford Affair in April.…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
I’ve had a week of book discontent. It’s been one of these weeks where I’ll start a book and toss it aside after a few chapters. I can’t blame it on the books. Some have been tried and true old favorites like Barbara Michaels’s The Crying Child (a Gothic ghost story), Melissa Nathan’s The Nanny…
Read MoreTexas on Sunday
This Sunday I’ll be signing books in Frisco, Texas with the wonderful Sarah MacLean and Eloisa James (and more!). If you’re in the area, come join us at the Stonebriar Centre B&N at 3:00! Here’s the official event site.
Read MoreThursday Give Away!
For our second Thursday give away, we have Alison Pace’s new book of essays, You Tell Your Dog First. Here’s the official blurb: You Tell Your Dog First… About the date you just had…about the questionable results of a medical test…about the good and the bad…about everything. For years, award-winning author Alison Pace was a…
Read MoreLook What I've Got!
Happy release day to Alison Pace, Juliana Gray and Anna Lee Huber! You’ll be seeing You Tell Your Dog First again later this week for our Thursday give away….
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Legally Ashford
As some of you know, I was briefly what my husband calls “a law-talking person”. I’ve spent a lot of time on panels and at talks fielding questions on how my legal experience relates to my books. The usual answer: not much. As of The Ashford Affair, however, I finally, finally have something to say…
Read MoreIf You Like….
Remember, remember the 5th of November/ Gunpowder, treason and plot;/ I see no reason why gunpowder treason/ Should ever be forgot…. It’s been 407 years since the Gunpowder Plot was discovered and no one, after years of scholarly wrangling, is entirely sure what happened. Who sent that mysterious warning note? Was the plot really a…
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