Happy Birthday, BLOOD LILY!
The Betrayal of the Blood Lily turns paperback today!
Read MoreBook-in-a-Bag: the ORCHID Contest!
What with all the Pink tote bags and mugs, I thought it might be rather fun, as we count down the days to The Orchid Affair (coming to a bookstore near you on January 20th!), to have a book-in-a-bag contest. The book? The Orchid Affair, of course! The bag? Ah, now there’s the problem. We…
Read MoreHappiness for MISTLETOE!
I know we’re now in Orchid Affair season (coming to a bookstore near you on January 20th!), but I couldn’t resist sharing some Mistletoe news. The Mischief of the Mistletoe was the landslide winner of Cover Cafe’s holiday cover contest! You can click here to see some of the great comments made about the cover.…
Read MoreHappy New Year!
Here’s wishing everyone a brilliantly happy 2011! To ring in the New Year, I give you a special New Year’s present: one of my favorite chapters from The Orchid Affair (coming to a bookstore near you on January 20th!). Among other things, this chapter features a cameo appearance by everyone’s favorite ludicrous poet, Augustus Whittlesby….…
Read MoreOne Day until 2011!
With only one day until the new year (and our Orchid Affair excerpt!), here’s a blast from the very recent past, The Betrayal of the Blood Lily, which came out in January 2010. It doesn’t feel like it was that long ago, does it? Blood Lily will be back on shelves as a paperback, with…
Read MoreBest Books of 2010
As we reflect on the year past and the year to come, what were your favorite reads of 2010? Consider this a sort of Yearly Reading Round-Up….
Read MoreTwo Days….
With only two days to go until 2011, here’s a whisper from the very recent past, The Temptation of the Night Jasmine, which came out in January of 2009. The first book I wrote after I left the practice of the law, Night Jasmine was also the first to hit the New York Times Bestseller…
Read MoreThree Days….
As we count down to January 2011, here’s a snippet from January 2008 and The Seduction of the Crimson Rose. I had thought this one would be harder to choose. Mary and Vaughn’s courtship occurs primarily through word-play as each tries to outsmart the other, leading to many moments of barbed quippage. As I flipped…
Read MoreFour Days….
With four days until 2011, here’s a bit from fall ’06 and The Deception of the Emerald Ring. Although there are oh-so-many moments that delight me in the historical sections ofEmerald Ring (two words: sideburns and chickens), I decided to mix it up a bit and go with one of the Eloise and Colin bits.…
Read MoreFind A Book: France, 1700s
Hi, all! A friend of mine just asked me for recommendations for novels set in France between 1700 and 1789. Here’s the twist: it has to have a happy ending (meaning Through A Glass Darkly is right out). The first book that came to mind for me was Rosalind Laker’s To Dance With Kings. Any…
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