Weekly Reading Round-Up

Where on earth has this week gone? Between the Barbados book and final proofs (!!) for the next Three Ws’ book (more on that soon!), I’ve been reading the second DI Manon Bradshaw novel, Persons Unknown, in fits and starts. But I have a lovely, large care package of books that was just sent to…

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Weekly Reading Round-Up

Happy Friday, everyone! This week, Karen White, Beatriz Williams, and I were hard at work plotting the third Three Ws novel (and maybe a bit of outlet shopping). But I did have a couple of lovely, long flights for reading time. This week, I discovered a new to me author, Susie Steiner, and her Manon…

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Weekly Reading Round-Up

With a Nor’easter howling outside the window, it would be a perfect day to hunker down with a book or two (if only there weren’t, well, life to attend to– hello, umbrella and boots!). This week, I finally read Kate Moretti’s The Blackbird Season, set in a dying Pennsylvania mill town and the scandal that…

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Ready… Set… Peep!

It’s March today, which means… it’s Pinkorama time! Yes, that’s right: it’s the 8th Annual Pinkorama (aka Pink Carnation Peep Diorama) Contest. The rules are simple: using those sugary, marshmallowy goodies (Peeps), recreate your favorite scene from any one of my books, novellas, or short stories. There are the Pink books, for Napoleonic Peeps; The…

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Weekly Reading Round-Up

It’s been a multi-book work week for me: bouncing into book clubs to talk about The English Wife, copyedits for the next Three Ws book (title and cover reveal coming soon!), and, of course, working on the Barbados Book. What with all that, there wasn’t nearly as much time to read as I would have…

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Chicago– Today!

It’s the very last stop on the English Wife tour and my one and only Midwestern appearance! Come join me and Charles Finch (author of the Charles Lennox mysteries) today at 57th Street Books in Hyde Park. Can’t wait to see you there! When: TODAY!! 3:00 What: Talk & Signing with Charles Finch Where: 57th…

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Weekly Reading Round-Up

How did I ever get through the 80s without reading Jackie Collins? I read the rest of the glamour epic squad: Judith Krantz, Danielle Steele, Sidney Sheldon, et al, but somehow missed Jackie Collins. I finally remedied that over a couple of long plane rides with Lovers and Gamblers, about a rock star and a…

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ENGLISH WIFE Book Club on Facebook Today!

I’ve been told people have been dying to discuss The English Wife without having to worry about spoilers (and it’s nearly impossible to talk about the book without spoilers), so, today, I’m holding a book club on my author Facebook page for everyone who has read the book. The book club will kick off at…

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Happy Valentine's Day!

In honor of Valentine’s Day, here’s my traditional Valentine’s Day post: a piece I wrote way back in 2009, for the (now defunct) All-A-Blog. “You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you….” They do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. With that as my excuse, I plan…

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Chicago on Saturday– with Charles Finch!

I’ll be winding up the English Wife tour this Saturday in the Windy City! Come join me and Charles Finch (author of the Charles Lennox mysteries) at 57th Street books in Hyde Park for an afternoon of murderous Victorians as we discuss The English Wife and his upcoming The Woman in the Water. This will…

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