Weekly Reading Round-Up
Apologies for the long weekly reading round-up hiatus! I was off in Scotland with limited internet access– and weekly reading round-up is particularly resistant to pre-programming since I never do know what I’m going to read until I read it. This week, I’ve been reading through all my old Angela Thirkell novels. For those who…
Read MoreASHFORD on B&N
The roll call of major retailers is complete! The Ashford Affair popped up on B&N this morning. Ashford is now up for pre-order on B&N, Amazon, Books-A-Million, and Indiebound. Have I left anyone out? For those who missed it, you can find the first chapter of The Ashford Affair here.
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: ASHFORD has a cover!
I am ridiculously in love with the cover of The Ashford Affair. Here’s the official blurb: From the NYT bestselling Pink Carnation author comes a new novel that is by turns epic and intimate, transporting and page-turning – spanning from WWI England to present day New York…. As a lawyer in a large Manhattan firm,…
Read MoreIf You Like….
I was recently taken on a tour of the New York Yacht Club, one of the great, Gilded Age clubhouses of New York. There are more of those than one would think left in the city, tucked away. It got me thinking about the era they represent– and, of course, books depicting that era. If…
Read MoreDARE ME: Chapter Two
For the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing the first seven chapters of a novel I began, just for fun, last summer. If you didn’t catch Chapter One last week, you can find it here. And now… Chapter Two! In which we meet the hero of the piece….
Read MoreGARDEN INTRIGUE on NPR
Check out this wonderful summer reading list by Eloisa James on NPR! She calls The Garden Intrigue “perfect for reading on a lawn chair in a flowery back garden with a glass of Pimm’s”– which rather makes me want Pimms Cup right now. Garden Intrigue is in good company. Also on the list you can…
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Last week, I listed some of my favorite Scottish-set historical novels. This week we’re going modern. (Well, modern as in post World War II.) If you like novels set in modern Scotland, you’ll probably like…. — Elizabeth Peter’s Legend in Green Velvet, in which a Scotland-obsessed American gets drawn into a rather bizarre intrigue involving…
Read MoreDARE ME: Chapter One
Just because, and just because it’s summer, I’m sharing with you the first seven chapters of a novel I started writing last July. This was a “just for fun” novel. I was between books, a little burned out on Napoleonic spies, waiting to hear back from publishers about the 1920s book– so it seemed like…
Read MoreDARE ME: Starting Saturday!
Just a reminder that our summer serial, the random contemporary romance novel I started writing last July, premiers here on the News page this Saturday. Tune in Saturday for Chapter One of Dare Me!
Read MoreIf You Like….
Since I’m honeymooning in Scotland (and like to theme read on vacations) this week’s If You Like is Scotland-set books. Which, it turns out, can be a very, very broad category. So I’ve divided it up into two. This week’s will be historical set and next week will be modern (including mystery/thriller). If you like…
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