If You Like….
I am ridiculously thrilled that Joanna Bourne’s The Black Hawk, one of my favorite books of 2011, won the RITA for Best Historical this past weekend. If you like The Black Hawk, you’ll probably like…. — The ultimate Napoleonic spy novel, Baroness Orczy’s The Scarlet Pimpernel; — Joanna Bourne’s earlier books: The Spymaster’s Lady, My…
Read MoreDARE ME: Chapter Six
Welcome back to our summer serial, Dare Me! If you’ve missed the earlier chapters, just click here to start at the beginning. Happy reading!
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round Up
Hello from the Romance Writers of America convention in California! It was so great to see some of you at the signings on Wednesday and Thursday. It’s been a Susan Elizabeth Phillips week for me: her latest, Great Escape, followed by a re-read of Natural Born Charmer. I also have a lovely pile of books…
Read MoreCerritos Public Library– Tonight!
Tonight, I’ll be speaking at the Cerritos Public Library along with the wonderful Sarah MacLean (A Rogue by Any Other Name), Lori Wilde (The Welcome Home Garden Club), Pamela Palmer (A Blood Seduction), and moderator Alma Katsu (The Taker). Festivities kick off at 7:00. You can find all the information on the sidebar….
Read MoreSigning in Anaheim, CA– Today!
Today, along with hundreds of other authors, I’ll be participating in RWAs “Readers for Life” literacy autographing. Proceeds from the event go to ProLiteracy and other local literacy charities. You can find me from 5:00-8:00 at the Anaheim Convention Center, at Table #405. (There’s a map of the room here.) Other wonderful authors present include…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Why Plumeria?
Last week, I announced the release date of Pink X, The Passion of the Purple Plumeria (aka Miss Gwen’s book). Over on Facebook, Anya posed an excellent question: why plumeria? Here’s an entirely disorganized list of reasons why: — I needed a flower that began with the letter P. It’s not just because P is…
Read MoreIf You Like….
Happy news! The audio version of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation just came in #4 in All About Romance’s Favorite Romance Audiobook poll. I have to confess, I haven’t listened to an audio book since a friend gave me a Nancy Drew novel on cassette for my birthday back in second grade. I…
Read MoreUpcoming Books
I now have release dates for all this year’s upcoming books! Ready for it? Here we go…. — December 31, 2012: The Garden Intrigue (paperback). Currently available for pre-order from Amazon, B&N, Books-A-Million, Indiebound, and Powell’s. — April 2, 2013: The Ashford Affair (hardcover). Currently available for pre-order from Amazon, B&N, Books-A-Million, Indiebound, and Powell’s.…
Read MoreDARE ME: Chapter Five
Welcome back to our summer serial, Dare Me! If you’ve missed the previous installments, you can start at the beginning by clicking here. And now, without further ado… Chapter Five!
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
This week’s reading list is a fairly straightforward one for me. I retrieved a bunch of my old Joan Wolf novels from my little sister, and I’ve been reading through them, one after another. They’re all Regency-set, all told in the first person, all feature some sort of underlying mystery sub-plot, and the heroine is…
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