Weekly Reading Round-Up
Hello from book tour! I’ve been having the best time roaming the country talking about The Summer Country (if I saw you on the road this week, hi! And if you’re in Chicago, come see me tonight at 57th Street Books! But I digress). The other great thing about book tour? Tons of travel time…
Read MoreHi, there, Chicago!
If you haven’t been to 57th Street Books before, now’s the time! Come join me tonight at 6:00 at the iconic bookstore in Hyde Park to talk all things Barbados– and anything else you want me to talk about. Hope to see you there! If you’d like a signed copy, but can’t make it to…
Read MoreHello, Milwaukee!
It’s goodbye to Georgia and hello to Wisconsin! I’ll be speaking tonight at the gorgeous Lynden Sculpture Garden as part of their marvelous women’s speaker series. Come for the wine and cheese, stay for the beautiful sculptures– and, oh yes, intrigue and drama in colonial Barbados! The ticket price of $31 dollars ($26 for members)…
Read MoreHello, Georgia!
I’m so thrilled to be launching The Summer Country at one of my very favorite bookstores, FoxTale Book Shoppe, with one of my very favorite people, Karen White! Come find us tonight at FoxTale Book Shoppe in Woodstock to raise a glass to The Summer Country and discuss all things Barbados and Team W! And…
Read MoreHappy Birthday to THE SUMMER COUNTRY!
I’ve spent a decade thinking about The Summer Country, including two years researching it, and one year writing it– so I can’t believe it’s finally a book! And in stores! And people seem to like it so far! This is my first ever book to receive the Historical Novel Society’s mark of approval: the Editors’…
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Between college reunion, Book Expo, and preschool graduation, this week has been something of a fog (what’s my name again?), but I did manage to snatch a little reading time in the midst of the madness: — Jasmine Guillory’s The Wedding Date, a fun contemporary romance set in California; — and the latest Ruth Galloway…
Read MoreChatting about THE SUMMER COUNTRY
With only one week to go until The Summer Country appears in stores (how are we down to one week?!?), I’ve been bouncing about the aether, chatting about The Summer Country. You can find me on Red Carpet Crash and on BTR Today talking about Barbados, slavery, books, writing, Team W, and Dr. Who (one…
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Huzzah for uninterrupted airplane reading! This week, as I flew back and forth from Team W’s retreat, I managed to get in some pure leisure reading, including: — the latest in Lucy Parker’s London Celebrities contemporary romance series, The Austen Playbook, about a choose your own adventure Austen production gone wrong (or gone right, depending…
Read MoreOnline Interview about THE SUMMER COUNTRY
A few weeks ago, I had an absolute blast visiting the BTR Today studios by Wall Street to chat about The Summer Country with amazing talk show host, Kory French. That interview is now live! You can listen to it directly on the BTR Today website here, or you can download the podcast from iTunes here.…
Read MoreThe 2019 Pinkorama Winner is….
From the sinking of the Lusitania to colonial India to the English countryside in multiple eras, this year’s Pinkoramae have taken us to all sorts of wonderful and sugary places. I don’t know about you, but Pinkorama time has become one of my favorite times of year, and this year is no exception. Thank you…
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