The 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.)
Read MoreMini-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…
Read MoreMISTLETOE 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….…
Read MorePink 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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