Boston Tonight!
If you’re in Boston, come join Eloisa James, Caroline Linden, and me tonight at 6:30 at the Boston Public Library for a discussion of romance, history, and fiction– not necessarily in that order. When: Tuesday, 2/28, 6:30-8:00 (aka tonight!) Where: Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Commonwealth Salon What: Panel discussion with Eloisa James and Caroline…
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Which has been more like monthly reading round-up around here recently…. Sorry, all! That’s partly because, instead of fiction, a lot of my recent reading has looked like this: Back in fiction land, I’ve been on a Julian Kestrel binge. For those who haven’t stumbled on them yet, they’re Regency-set mysteries, featuring dandy sleuth Julian…
Read MoreBoston in February
Hello, Boston friends! On the last day of February, Eloisa James, Sarah MacLean and I will be heading your way for a talk at the Boston Public Library, moderated by Caroline Linden. You can find us on February 28th, at 6:30, in the Commonwealth Salon of the Boston Public Library in Copley Square, where we’ll…
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Happy January, all! To kick off the New Year, I’ve been reading: — Snowdrift and Other Stories, a Georgette Heyer short story collection, featuring three rediscovered stories. (For those of you who have read Pistols for Two, it’s Pistols for Two plus three.) Of course, I loved them. You can’t beat Georgette Heyer for historical…
Read MoreHappy Holidays!
I’m going to be off-line for the week, so just popping in to wish everyone a very happy holiday and joyous 2017! I’ll see you in the new year– with lots of news about new books! Happy, happy, all!
Read More"Peepmas at Girdings": a MISTLETOE Pinkorama
On the Twelfth Day of Turnip, Candace and Cassandra present… “Peepmas at Girdings”. I love that this combines both The Temptation of the Night Jasmine and The Mischief of the Mistletoe. As the house party at Girdings goes out into the woods to collect the Yuletide greenery on Christmas Eve, we can find Charlotte, in…
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Happy Friday, all! This week, I read: — Trisha Ashley’s Twelve Days of Christmas, which has become something of a holiday go-to read for me, in part for all the descriptions of holiday cooking. Mmm, mince pies. You can’t go wrong with a stately manor, a brooding owner, dotty side characters, and fictional meals cooked…
Read MoreMISTLETOE Outtakes, aka The Drafts of MISTLETOE Past
A Pink book wouldn’t be a Pink book without outtakes! I tend to be something of a trial and error writer (er, okay, entirely a trial and error writer), so there are always scenes that wind up on the cutting room floor, some because they just aren’t very good and others because the book is…
Read MoreMISTLETOE Fun Facts
Every book has its own behind the scenes quirks and oddities. Admittedly, Turnip is a quirk all by himself, but here are a few other Mistletoe oddities, aka fun facts. — Like The Seduction of the Crimson Rose, this was an accidental book. In the spring of 2009, I’d started writing The Orchid Affair— but…
Read MoreA Very Mistletoe Q&A
On the ninth day of Turnip, we have… some Mistletoe miscellany. While I was scrolling through my files, looking for Mistletoe trivia to share, I stumbled across this Q&A I scribbled up back in 2011 for the UK launch of The Mischief of the Mistletoe. You can find the full interview below, along with an…
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