Pawling Book Cove– Today!
Join me, Sarah MacLean and Maya Rodale for a pre-Valentine’s Day celebration today at the Book Cove in Pawling, New York! We’ll be there from 1:00 until about 2:30. You know you want to be there….
Read MoreMy Favorite Bonaparte
As those of you who follow me on Facebook know, I just heard yesterday that Sandra Gulland, author of the Josephine B. Trilogy, will be writing a YA book about Josephine’s daughter, Hortense de Beauharnais. Which I am particularly excited about since I wrote a YA book about Hortense back in 1994 (when I was…
Read MoreLe Weekend
For those of you in the New York area, come join me at the Book Cove in Pawling at 1:00 on Saturday! For those of you here, there, or anywhere, it’s The Garden Intrigue excerpt weekend here on the website. Tune in tomorrow for a bit of Chapter Fifteen with Miss Gwen as Pirate Queen…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
In keeping with the Friday Night Lights theme, I’ve been re-reading Susan Elizabeth Philips’ Chicago Stars series, starting with It Had To Be You and This Heart of Mine. (I’m still trying to figure out what I did with my copy of Heaven, Texas.) I have no idea how I wound up with a football…
Read MorePawling Valentine's Day Spectacular!
No, no, I promise, really, we won’t be on ice or trying to do a kick-line or anything like that (trust me, you don’t want to see me trying to do a kick-line) but Sarah MacLean, Maya Rodale and I will be at the Book Cove in Pawling, New York this Saturday at 1:00 talking…
Read MoreGARDEN INTRIGUE– The Cast
Back in May, I ran a couple of posts introducing some of the real historical people who pop up in The Garden Intrigue. It’s always rather nice to be able to put a face to a name. Since May was rather a long time ago, I’ve compiled those two entries here. Here are some of…
Read MoreGARDEN INTRIGUE– Outtakes!
As the countdown to The Garden Intrigue continues (only a week left to go!), I’ll be posting a daily snippet here on the site, from background info to outtakes. Today’s Garden Intrigue bonus? An outtake. It won’t come as any surprise to anyone to hear that the ridiculous poet, Augustus Whittlesby, and my American heroine,…
Read MoreGarden Intrigue Fun Facts
With only a week and two days to go until the release of The Garden Intrigue, here are some fun facts…. — The heroine of The Garden Intrigue was originally named Eliza rather than Emma. Her character was based off two real life Elizas, James Monroe’s daughter Eliza Monroe and Jane Austen’s cousin Eliza de…
Read MoreGARDEN INTRIGUE Give-Away– Tonight!
I’ll be giving away my reading copy of The Garden Intrigue at the end of the event tonight to one attendee chosen in a reasonably random way…. Lady Jane’s Salon, 7:00, 94 W. Houston Street. You know you want to be there!
Read MoreNew York Reading Tonight!
Come join me for the third anniversary of Lady Jane’s Salon and the inaugural reading of The Garden Intrigue! Eloisa James will be reading from her new memoir, Paris in Love, and Sarah Wendell of Smart Bitches will be guest emcee. I have also heard that there will be drinks involving pink champagne. The fun…
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