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A new Q&A on Strange & Random Happenstance about BLOOD LILY, et al….
Read MoreWelcome, BLOOD LILY!!!!!
It’s here! At last! Today The Betrayal of the Blood Lily officially hits the shelves. I can’t wait to hear what you think of it. Since I was having so much fun with those pictures of book displays people were sending me earlier this week, if you feel inspired to snap a picture of Blood…
Read MoreContest Winner #6 & BLOOD LILY Excerpt!
That was a close-run contest! It was neck and neck between Penelope & Alex and Eloise & Colin. (Sorry, Freddy, old thing.) So, here is my exceedingly cunning plan. Since Penelope and Alex did win, fair and square (at least as of my last count this morning), I’m going to post their excerpt today. BUT,…
Read MoreInterview on Word Wenches
Only one more day until BLOOD LILY!!! Check out Word Wenches for an all new Q&A about the writing of The Betrayal of the Blood Lily, India in 1804, and just about everything else. It seems particularly appropriate to be appearing on Word Wenches today of all days because today is the day that Cara…
Read MoreMy Favorite Sign
A wardrobe malfunction about to happen!
Read MoreMini-Contest #6– the Penultimate Contest!
Only two days left to go until BLOOD LILY!!!!!! Since this whole “pick your own adventure thing” seemed to work rather well yesterday, let’s do it again today. Tomorrow, in honor of Blood Lily‘s imminent release, I’ll be posting a short excerpt from The Betrayal of the Blood Lily. What would you most like to…
Read MoreWinner of Mini-Contest #5 & Excerpt
It’s official. Lord Vaughn won by a landslide. His partisans outnumbered those of the Dowager Duchess of Dovedale two to one. One imagines the Duchess will have something to say about that…. In the meantime, our randomly chosen winner, recipient of the UK Black Tulip, is… Natasha! Natasha, if you email me your info, I’ll…
Read MoreA Plethora of Pink
Jessica just totally made my weekend with this picture from the Champaign Borders: No one expects the Pink Invasion….
Read MoreMini-Contest #5– and Turnip Book Excerpt!
Only three days left until BLOOD LILY!!!!! I found it incredibly amusing that the first answer to yesterday’s contest concerned a conjunction of Lord Vaughn and Turnip Fitzhugh, while the second involved Turnip and the Dowager Duchess of Dovedale. Because, in fact, both of those occur in Turnip’s book, The Mischief of the Mistletoe (coming…
Read MoreWinner of Mini-Contest #4
Many fictional characters are making indignant noises just about now, seething about the indignities to which they’ve been subjected in the last mini-contest. There were some genius pairings– I, for one, would love to see Lord Vaughn attempt to deal with Amelia Peabody or the Dowager Duchess of Dovedale unleashed on Lady Catherine de Bourgh.…
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