April Give Aways!
I am thrilled to announce that we’ll have three guest give aways here on the site in April. Cara Elliot has generously provided an advance copy of her April release, Too Tempting to Resist, the second book in her Lords of Midnight series. I also have in my clutches not one but two– two!– copies…
Read MoreCharlottesville on Saturday
Come join me in Charlottesville, VA this Saturday for the Virginia Festival of the Book! I have the great privilege to be speaking on a panel with Deanna Raybourn, Joanna Bourne, and Cathy Maxwell. We’ll be talking Pistols, Petticoats and Poisons: Researching History and Writing Fiction at noon at the Barnes & Noble at 1035A…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: ASHFORD PARK
The 1920s book has a name! It is now officially Ashford Park. Or, as my little sister likes to put it, “Julian Fellowes wants his title back”. Goodness only knows, I tried to find other things to call the book. I toyed with deep titles, simple titles, clever titles, long titles. No matter what, all…
Read MoreIf You Like….
… and news! I have been inveigled into Lady Beaufeatherstone’s ballroom with promises of parrots and lobster patties. (Stiles is tremendously jealous that Lady B has a real parrot rather than a stuffed one.) You can now find me at the Ballroom Blog every fourth Monday and for select Saturday salons. In honor of the…
Read More"Imperial Scandal" Winner
The winner of an advance copy of Tracy Grant’s Imperial Scandal is… … Jodi K, of Comment #11! Congrats, Jodi! If you email me with your snail mail address, I’ll pop the ARC in the mail to you. And, as an added bonus, I’m seeing Tracy today, so I can have her autograph it to…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
I started off the week with two books from my college roommate’s care package, both by an author unfamiliar to me, Anna Barrie. They were very different from each other– and I loved them both. They were: — The Linden Tree, a thoughtful modern romance between an emotionally damaged woman and a physically damaged man…
Read MoreThis and That
In which this is a Masterpiece Theatre Sweepstakes for a trip for two to England to see the real Downton Abbey, Highclere Castle (click here for the entry form)– — and that is a post today on Jungle Red Writers about favorite historical time periods. Stop by and share your favorite time period!
Read MoreNew on the Website
Now up on the website, we have: — Garden Intrigue outtakes (including one of my favorite Miss Gwen moments) on the Outtakes page; — the complete, unabridged Bunny & Biscuits: A Very Dorrington Valentine’s Day, now available via the Free Reads section of the Diversions page; — and, my personal favorite, all of last year’s…
Read More"Imperial Scandal" Give Away!
The wonderful Tracy Grant is blogging on History Hoydens today about spy stories and she has also– drum roll, please!– provided an ARC of her latest, Imperial Scandal, to be given away here on the News page. One of the things I love about Tracy’s Napoleonic suspense novels is that they feature a husband and…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Pink Novellas
Or do I mean novellae? Many of you have asked me whether Bunny & Biscuits: A Very Dorrington Valentine’s Day is going to be available on Kindle and Nook a la Ivy & Intrigue. The short answer is, not just yet. Since I wrote Bunny & Biscuits in some haste, it isn’t everything I want…
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