Coffee Time reviews BLOOD LILY

Two of my favorite things in one place: coffee and an excellent review. Click the picture for Coffee Time Romance’s review of The Betrayal of the Blood Lily. Coffee Time says of Penelope, “Her antics may bite her in the bum on more than one occasion, but she is so earthy and fun you cannot…

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Mini-Contest!

On Facebook the other day, Katie told me about a game where she was instructed to * Grab the book nearest you. Right now. * Turn to page 56. * Find the fifth sentence. Katie informed me that the fifth sentence on page 56 of the nearest book she grabbed was: “No, darling, I don’t…

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Yale Bookstore Reading– 6:00 on 1/25

Hi, all! There’s been a time change for the New Haven reading at the Yale Bookstore next Monday, January 25th. It will be at 6:00, an hour earlier than previously planned. Everything else (including me) remains the same. Sorry about the confusion, and hope to see you there….

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Tech Issues

It seems to be my day for tech issues! I’ve heard from a number of people that there have been difficulties accessing the B&N Romantic Reads book club board. The extremely nice Romantic Reads coordinator sent me the following instructions: You first need to create a BN.com account at https://cart2.barnesandnoble.com/account/op.asp?step=mainStage and then register for the…

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Contest!

Hi, all! Just a reminder that there’s less than a week left for the latest Contest. Winners will receive an advance copy (in a pretty PDF package!) of the first three chapters of the next Pink book, The Mischief of the Mistletoe, starring Turnip Fitzhugh and Arabella Dempsey, with special guest appearances by one Miss…

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NIGHT JASMINE officially "outstanding genre literature"!

Today, the American Library Association came out with their short list for the “outstanding genre literature” of 2010. Here’s the description, straight from the ALA website: “The Reading List annually recognizes the best books in eight genres: adrenaline (which includes suspense, thriller, and adventure), fantasy, historical fiction, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction, and women’s fiction.”…

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Why the Blood Lily?

Many of you have noticed that there is, in fact, no Blood Lily in Blood Lily. There’s a Marigold, a Moonflower, even the odd bit of frangipani, but not a single blood lily, of either the floral or pseudonymous variety. I’d like to claim that there’s some deep metaphysical reason for this. But there isn’t.…

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