THE WAY TO LONDON Winner
The winner of my advance copy of Alix Rickloff’s The Way to London is… … Kelley B! (Of Comment #31.) Congrats, Kelley! If you let me know where to send it, I’ll put your book in the mail to you. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Check back on Monday for…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Lusitania!
The three W’s have returned from our retreat! After many drinks… … and a few rewrites… … the manuscript is in the hands of our editor! The Lusitania Book (which will eventually have a title) is currently slated to appear sometime in autumn 2018. So expect to hear more about it soon!
Read MoreMonday Give Away: THE WAY TO LONDON
Every now and then, you luck into a book that just sweeps you along. In this case, all the way from Singapore to Cornwall to London. For this week’s give away, I give you… Alix Rickloff’s The Way to London. Here’s the official blurb: From the author of Secrets of Nanreath Hall comes this gripping,…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Every now and then, it’s nice to revisit old books as a sort of literary palette cleanser, in this case, some of my less read books by favorite authors. This week, I dipped into Georgette Heyer’s The Unknown Ajax (which was so much better than I remembered it being!) and The Toll-Gate, and then stopped…
Read MoreBLACK TULIP en Francais– Encore!
June brings many things, among them… the new French edition of The Masque of the Black Tulip! Très sultry, no? Just for fun, here’s an international tour of Black Tulip covers. Which one is your favorite? US hardcover: US paperback: UK edition: French edition: French Canadian edition: German edition: Dutch edition: Portuguese edition: Spanish edition:…
Read MoreTHAT SUMMER This Summer!
Just for this summer, my publisher has put out a special discount edition of That Summer! (Thanks to Patsy for the photo of the new edition in the wild at Walmart!) Here’s the official blurb: A page-turning new novel from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Willig, about a woman who inherits a house in…
Read MoreTHE INVITATION Winner
The winner of my advance copy of The Invitation is… Kelly Chasse! (Of Comment #43.) Congrats, Kelly! If you let me know where to send it, I’ll pop your book in the mail to you. Happy reading!
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Coming Next
Here’s the publication schedule for the next year or so…. — April 18, 2017: That Summer (paperback reissue). — July 4, 2017: A Paris All Your Own: Bestselling Women Writers on the City of Light, a series of personal essays about Paris by assorted authors (trade paperback). — January 9, 2018: The English Wife, aka…
Read MoreMonday Give Away: THE INVITATION
For this Monday’s give away, I give you… The Invitation, by Lucy Foley. Here’s the official blurb: An evocative love story set along the Italian Riviera about a group of charismatic stars who all have secrets and pasts they try desperately–and dangerously–to hide. Rome, 1953: Hal, an itinerant journalist flailing in the post-war darkness, has…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
After a couple of books which I did not like at all (no names named), I took refuge in an old favorite: Georgette Heyer’s The Nonesuch. Her prose and her characterizations are both such a joy. What have you been reading this week?
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