THE ORCHID AFFAIR
The Orchid Affair, aka Pink VII, has an official debut date! You can find it in stores starting January 20th, 2011. Orchid Affair is already available for pre-order on Amazon. As soon as I have more info– and a cover!– I’ll post it here. For those who missed it the first time around, you can…
Read MoreMini-Contest!
Courtesy of my paperback publisher, I have two beautiful cover flats of the upcoming mass market edition of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (coming out October 5th!). So here’s the question: Of all the book covers (in any genre and by any author) that you’ve seen recently, which most caught your eye and…
Read MorePINK CARNATION Give Away
YA writer Abby Stevens is giving away a signed copy of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation on her website, The Tabby Catt. The contest closes next Monday, May 31. You can find the rules and the entry form on her site, here.
Read MoreBefore and After
Most of my books have retained the same cover as they moved from hardcover to paperback. Two– The Masque of the Black Tulip and The Betrayal of the Blood Lily— have undergone dramatic transformations. For fun, here are the before and after pictures: The Masque of the Black Tulip (2005, 2006): The Betrayal of the…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
This week has been heavy on non-fiction and familiar fiction favorites for me, as I’ve been trying to work my way into Pink VIII. — Pauline Bonaparte: Venus of Empire, Flora Fraser An engaging biography of Napoleon’s most notorious sibling. Many of you might remember Pauline’s cameo appearance in Pink I…. Yes, she really did…
Read MoreBLOOD LILY gets a makeover
The Betrayal of the Blood Lily will be coming out in paperback in January of ’11. I don’t have an exact date yet (as soon as I do, I’ll post it here on the website), but I do have a glamorous new cover!
Read MoreCast that MISTLETOE
The Mischief of the Mistletoe may not be out on shelves just yet, but it’s already available for casting on Storycasting. You can find the first chapter of The Mischief of the Mistletoe here. I’ll be posting Chapter Two in June, along with another mini-contest.
Read MorePop Goes the Turnip
It’s been a while since we’ve played around with casting… but I was at the gym recently and ran into Turnip Fitzhugh (hero of the upcoming Mischief of the Mistletoe!). Being Turnip, I found him in a very unlikely place: in an 80’s music video called Pop Goes the World. My image of Turnip? The…
Read MorePink in Turkey
While we’re having fun with foreign covers, here’s a completely new one… Pink Carnation in Turkish! You can order the Turkish edition here.
Read MoreEmerald in England
The Deception of the Emerald Ring has a glamorous new look for its English debut. Emerald Ring comes out in the UK in early September. There’s something about this cover that makes me think a little bit about Cinderella (very fitting for Letty!) and a little bit about classic romantic suspense novels, a la Mary…
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