Happy belated, UK "Emerald Ring"!

Oooops! What with the long weekend and all, I missed the UK release day of The Deception of the Emerald Ring. Emerald Ring made its official UK debut yesterday, 6 September. Happy belated birthday, Emerald Ring! (It’s no secret that this is one of my very favorite covers.)

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Mini-Contest #1

A long, long time ago, in a Pink Carnation novel far, far away, Lord Richard Selwick challenged our heroine’s iron-steeled chaperone, Miss Gwendolyn Meadows, to write a horrid novel, a la The Castle of Otranto or The Mysteries of Udolpho. Never one to pass up a challenge, Miss Gwen took up the gauntlet– for the…

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MISTLETOE Give Away

As I was tidying some of the debris in my apartment recently, I made a fabulous discovery: I still have five ARCs of The Mischief of the Mistletoe! Naturally, the Mistletoe joy must be shared, so, starting tomorrow, I’ll be running a Mistletoe contest every Tuesday. Check back tomorrow for the first of the contests….…

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Pink On My Desk

An early, early copy of the mass market Secret History of the Pink Carnation arrived for me last night, courtesy of my lovely paperback editor. Here it is, in situ on my desk (with an ARC of Mistletoe behind it): Only a month and a day until Publication Day!

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Weekly Reading Round-Up

I’m afraid I don’t have a proper round-up this week (blah, blah, Pink IX, blah, blah), but I do have a new favorite author I’ve just discovered. And by discovered, I mean my ever-brilliant college roommate Claudia put the books in a box and mailed them to me, with a large note saying, “Read these!”…

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A MISTLETOE Outtake

Several people have been asking me recently about the fate of Tommy Fluellen, Robert’s best friend from The Temptation of the Night Jasmine. I can’t give you any major news on that front (I’m still working it out), but Tommy did have a brief look-in in The Mischief of the Mistletoe— until he got cut…

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One month to mass market Pink!

Happy September, all! Stay tuned for Secret History of the Pink Carnation trivia and contests coming up as we celebrate a Month of Pink…. In honor of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation‘s imminent mass market debut– and to give us something with which to dance in the new month– voila the one, the…

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MISTLETOE Audio

If you ordered a Mischief of the Mistletoe audio CD, you’ve probably received a cancellation notice by now. This is because, although Mistletoe is being recorded (read by the wonderful Kate Reading!), the audio version is only being made available via download, rather than actual, physical CD. This only affects Mistletoe. The Orchid Affair, also…

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New York Reading– Save the Date!

Many apologies for the internet silence recently…. There’s been a lot of off-line writing going on. In the meantime, save the date for a New York reading of The Mischief of the Mistletoe on December 6th! I’ll be reading at Lady Jane’s Salon, along with Hope Tarr and Jacquie D’Alessandro. Other tour locations for Mistletoe…

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