Contest #3 Winners!
Since there were so many more entrants than anticipated– and this is the third Black Tulip Anniversary Month contest– it seemed only fitting to give away three books instead of one. The winners of The Temptation of the Night Jasmine are: — Andra (of Comment #12) — Meredith A (of Comment #29) — Maria (of…
Read MoreLive Goodreads Chat on Tuesday!
Do you have questions or comments about The Forgotten Room— or, really, anything else related to any of my, Beatriz Williams’s, or Karen White’s books? The three Ws will be appearing live on Goodreads this Tuesday night, 2/23, 8pm EST to discuss The Forgotten Room and anything else you’d like to talk about. To join…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
One of the perks of being an author is getting first crack at new books. I’ve been reading my way through an embarras d’ARCs. This week, I dug into: –Alyson Richman’s The Velvet Hours. Do you remember that Paris apartment that was discovered intact a few years ago? It had belonged to Marthe de Florian,…
Read MoreContest #3: Pick That Tulip
Over the past decade, The Masque of the Black Tulip has made its way around the world, masking itself in a new cover for each new appearance. US hardcover/ US paperback: The UK/ French cover (which are surprisingly similar….): The German/ Dutch covers: The Russian/ Japanese covers: The Spanish/ Portuguese covers: (I’ve only put them…
Read MoreThe Ten Years Later Contest Winner Is…
Thanks so much to everyone who participated in the second Black Tulip Anniversary Month contest! Henrietta and Miles very much appreciate everyone’s assurances of their happy (and gingery) future. They would fill you in on those ten years themselves, but Miles’s mouth is currently full of biscuit crumbs. The winner of the signed hardcover of…
Read MoreHappy Valentine's Day!
Since it’s Black Tulip Anniversary Month, Henrietta and Miles (and I) would like to wish you a very happy Valentine’s Day, filled with hearts, flowers, and lots of love, in all its many and varied forms. As our Valentine’s Day gift to you, here is a short story that I wrote four years ago as…
Read MoreValentine's Day Reading Round-Ups
As the day of hearts and flowers approaches, there’s been the usual slew of Valentine’s Day recommended reads swamping the internet, including: — these shout-outs to The Forgotten Room, from Prevention Magazine and Kirkus; — a list from Shelf Pleasures, with The Secret History of the Pink Carnation heading a list that includes Jane Eyre,…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
It’s Valentine’s Day AND President’s Day weekend all in one! Which hopefully doesn’t mean we need to read romances about past presidents. That would be just a little too weird. In the spirit of the season, though, I did read an excellent romance novel this week: Meredith Duran’s Luck Be a Lady, about a prim…
Read MoreBLACK TULIP: Ten Years Later….
Here it is, our second Black Tulip Anniversary Month contest! It’s been ten years in real time since The Masque of the Black Tulip was first published, but it got me thinking. When we left Henrietta and Miles in Black Tulip, it was summer of 1803 and they were both in their early twenties. What…
Read MoreMost Fun Book Tour: the Video
Throughout the Forgotten Room book tour, we joked that our trip would make a hilarious mockumentary (although it felt a bit more like The Blair Witch Project than This Is Spinal Tap on some of those early morning wake-ups). In any event, a friend of Karen’s decided to take us up on it! Voila a…
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