Mini-Contest #2
As I was torturing myself at the gym the other day, surreptitiously squinting at the lettering on the T-shirt of the person in front of me, it suddenly occurred to me: the series has no clothes! Correction: the series has no T-shirt. With the publication of mass market Pink fast approaching, this seems like a…
Read MoreWinner of Mini-Contest #1
I am very, very glad that I decided to choose a winner at random, since I don’t believe I could have narrowed my choice to just one. Thank you all so much for your thrilling plot-lines for Miss Gwen’s long-awaited Gothic masterpiece. I’m sure she would be very appreciative– if she weren’t Miss Gwen. (Gratitude…
Read MoreAuthor Tour Update– Dallas
There has been a minor– a very minor– change in schedule regarding the Dallas reading on The Mischief of the Mistletoe tour. Rather than taking place on Saturday, November 13th, it will now be on Sunday, November 14th. All other details remain the same. Dallas, TX Reading & Signing: November 14, 2:00 Lincoln Park B&N…
Read MoreThe Return of the Gothic
Hi, all! Just a reminder that now is your last chance to enter Mini-Contest #1, plotting Miss Gwen’s much-anticipated Gothic novel. I’ve been chortling away over the current entries. Oh, Miss Gwen, who knew? While we’re talking about the Gothic, I stumbled upon this post, written for the Access Romance All-a-Blog back in 2006: Where,…
Read MoreAn Interview with Night Owl Reviews
In which I discuss The Secret History of the Pink Carnation then versus now, my coffee consumption habits, and the Chair of Death. You can find the interview here. This interview was really supposed to have gone up on October 5th– hence the line about Pink mass market coming out today! Just ignore that bit.
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
As the weather gets cooler and the smell of pumpkin spice begins to permeate my Starbucks, I find myself turning back to mystery novels and ghost stories, in particular my collection of Barbara Michaels novels: The House of Many Shadows, Someone in the House, Here I Stay, and Stitches in Time. If only Miss Gwen’s…
Read MoreAnother super review for MISTLETOE!
Publishers Weekly calls The Mischief of the Mistletoe “delightful” and “exciting”, commenting, “Guest appearances by… Jane Austen and characters from previous installments of the series round out the laugh-out-loud holiday-themed romance of intrigue. Readers familiar with the series will relish this newest installment and rejoice that Turnip has finally been given his due and a…
Read MorePink Group on Goodreads
I’ve just discovered that there is a Pink Carnation group on Goodreads. (Thanks, Dawn!) It’s called “Flowery Friends”. How cool is that? Although we do have the News page here on the website, we have no site message board for you to introduce your own threads and topics. If you’ve been looking for a place…
Read MoreMISTLETOE– New and Improved!
The cover of The Mischief of the Mistletoe has undergone a minor tweaking. Points to anyone who can figure out what’s been changed….
Read MoreHappy 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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