Teaser Tuesday: Eloise & Colin in Pink X
I really should stop calling it Pink X and start calling it The Passion of the Purple Plumeria, shouldn’t I? Old habits die hard. As we all try to get back to work after the long weekend, here’s a little something to lighten up that first back-to-school Tuesday: the complete, unabridged first modern chapter of…
Read MoreWhich Victoria Holt?
I was just asked which Victoria Holt to read as an introduction to the Holt oeuvre. And since I know there are many Holt fans out there– with many strong opinions– I thought I’d fling it open to all of you…. My gateway Holt was Curse of the Kings: Victorian Egyptologists, ancient curses, all that…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Now that Pink X, The Passion of the Purple Plumeria, is off in the hands of my editor, I finally have a chance to catch up on some leisure reading. This week’s haul included: — Caroline Llewellyn, The Masks of Rome. I’d found this book in the library back in Middle School and have been…
Read MoreContest Ideas?
I have three or four advance review copies of The Ashford Affair that need good homes and a brand new Contest page to play with, but I’m fresh out of contest ideas. Any suggestions?
Read MoreMea Culpa
Some of you may have noticed that content has been a bit spotty here on the website over the past few weeks. Here’s the reason I’ve been missing our Teaser Tuesdays and Writing Wednesdays: That’s Miss Gwen’s book! As you can imagine, she fought her happy ending kicking and screaming and slashing out with her…
Read MoreThe New Website is Here!
Isn’t it lovely? In addition to the new look, you can also find updated FAQs and new pages for both The Ashford Affair and The Passion of the Purple Plumeria (aka Pink X). As soon as I’m done with Miss Gwen’s book, I’ll be making some more updates to the site– a bibliography for Ashford,…
Read MoreThe Ballroom Goes to the Country
This site might be down this afternoon, but you can come visit me on the Ballroom Blog, where I’m talking about August entertainments. I’ll also be around on Facebook, as usual– and hopefully we should be back up and running here on Monday!
Read MoreWebsite Makeover, Etc.
As I may have mentioned here before, my website is getting a makeover. In exciting and late-breaking news, I’ve just heard that the new site may be going live this coming Monday! I’ve seen sample pages and I really can’t wait for you all to see the new look. On a related note, the site…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
This has been a week of old books with crackly paper covers for me: specifically, my ancient, much read copy of Dorothy Sayers’s Busman’s Honeymoon and one of the remaining roommate care package gothics, Isabelle Holland’s Grenelle. What have you been reading?
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Bunny-on-the-Wold
I’m learning all sorts of interesting things about my characters, old and new, as I write The Passion of the Purple Plumeria. Among other things, for the very first time, we get to see Miles in situ in his family home, not Loring House in London, but the familial seat in Hampshire. It’s situated outside…
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