ASHFORD AFFAIR On Sale

Three generations… three continents… less than three bucks! For this week only, my very first stand alone novel, The Ashford Affair, has been marked down to $2.99 across all e-book platforms. This is my Downton Abbey meets Out of Africa book.  Spanning Edwardian England, World War I, 1920s Kenya, and 1999 New York, The Ashford…

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Weekly Reading Round-Up

Happy Friday, all!  We’ve suddenly gone from rain to sun in New York, and it’s starting to feel like it might actually be May after all.  (Which is shocking.  How is it May already?  I need at least a month back….) In the meantime, this has been an excellent reading week, with a mix of…

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Stuff Stuff Stuff

Every now and then, the housekeeping just piles up!  In no particular order, here’s a bunch of stuff that’s going on; — Team W!  Join Team W this Saturday for a Mother’s Day extravaganza hosted by Warwick’s Books.  You can find the details here.  Also, stay tuned for a fun new top secret project Team…

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Pink Carnation Read Along: Month 4

Thanks so much to everyone who joined in to discuss The Deception of the Emerald Ring last week! It’s the merry, merry month of May, which means… it’s time for Book IV: The Seduction of the Crimson Rose! This book was something of a landmark for me.  It was the first ever book (although it wouldn’t be…

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BAND OF SISTERS Kindle Daily Deal!

The title pretty much says it all!  My latest book, Band of Sisters, is today’s Kindle Daily Deal— which almost never happens this soon after publication! Barnes & Noble has matched the price, so whether you prefer Kindle or Nook, snatch it up while it’s cheap! It makes an excellent instant Mother’s Day gift zapped…

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Weekly Reading Round-Up

Happy Friday, all!  It’s been zigzagging between April showers and August weather in New York, but I’ve been happily frolicking in medieval Wales with Brother Cadfael in the first Cadfael book, A Morbid Taste for Bones. The last time I picked up an Ellis Peters book was a good twenty years ago (it may even…

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EMERALD RING Zoom and 2021 Pinkorama!

This is a killing two birds with one stone sort of post.  I am sure Letty from Emerald Ring would approve of the thrifty approach, don’t you agree? Bird the first: tomorrow is our Deception of the Emerald Ring Zoom meeting with super special guest host Eloisa James!  If you haven’t signed up yet, there’s…

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Weekly Reading Round-Up

Happy Friday, all!  It’s been the strangest week in New York, zigzagging between summer and winter (with the occasional nod to spring).  Just when you put the winter coat away…. In the meantime, I finally read Tana French’s latest, The Searcher, a stand alone about a Chicago cop who moves to rural Ireland and finds…

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Weekly Reading Round-Up

Happy Friday, all! I’ve been jumping down all sorts of research rabbit holes this week, from Sophia Schliemann’s role in excavating Tory to exactly where various trains of Rough Riders were on the evening of June 2, 1898 (the answer is on the one rail line leading to Tampa– but where exactly on that line? …

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Special Vassar Event this Saturday!

If you’re a Vassar alumna/alumnus– or related to a Vassar alum– I hope you can join me this Saturday for a one of a kind presentation about Band of Sisters, the Smith College Relief Unit, and the little known Vassar College Relief Unit. Did you know that nearly two hundred Vassar women served in France…

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