Monday Give Away: UK Pink Collection
Just when I think I’ve uncovered the last of the author copies… I opened a box that I’d thought was a care package of books from a friend. It turned out to be another stack of UK Pink books, from the first Pink up through The Mischief of the Mistletoe. There are just enough in…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
After a year of mostly re-reads, I’m making a concerted effort to get back in touch with the wider publishing world. This week? Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies, a story about a parent trivia night gone very, very wrong… and everything leading up to the crucial evening. Engaging prose, sympathetic characters, and a complexly constructed…
Read MoreReidiad Winners
The winners of the The Betrayal of the Blood Lily, The Passion of the Purple Plumeria, and The Lure of the Moonflower are…. — Jennifer (of Comment #16). — Steph (of Comment #34). — Georgia (of Comment #48). — Kathleen (of Comment #4). Congrats, all! If you email me at willig@post.harvard.edu, I’ll pop your Reids–…
Read MoreThe FORGOTTEN ROOM Tour
In January, Karen White, Beatriz Williams, and I will be hitting the road to celebrate the launch of The Forgotten Room! You can find all three of us…. 1/19: The Corner Bookstore (New York, NY), 6 PM 1/21: Greenwich Public Library (Greenwich, CT), 7 PM 1/22: Darien Community Center (Darien, CT), 11:30 AM -1:30 PM…
Read MoreMonday Give Away: the Reidiad
When I introduced Alex Reid, way back in Pink VI, The Betrayal of the Blood Lily, I initially had no idea that the Reid family would take over the Pink series. Then Alex’s father popped up, around about Chapter Two of Blood Lily, and I knew, instantly, that there was the man for Miss Gwen.…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
This week it’s been something old and something new. In the something old category (and I do mean very old): Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence. It’s a bit early for the new stand alone I’m writing, but still useful for background insight into my heroine’s childhood in the 1870s. In the something new category:…
Read MoreMonday Give Away Winner
The winner of the German copies of Pink Carnation, Black Tulip, Ashford Affair, and That Summer is… Jessye! (Of Comment #2.) Congrats, Jessye! If you email me at willig@post.harvard.edu and let me know where to send them, I’ll put your books in the mail to you. Stay tuned for a new give away coming up…
Read MoreBack to Boston! 11/9 and 11/10
For the first time since 2012, I’ll be traveling to Boston on book tour! I’m so happy to be revisiting the home of the Pink series, particularly the Harvard Coop, where I spent so many joyful hours browsing and buying in my grad school days. Here’s the itinerary: — Cambridge, MA November 9, 7:00 Talk…
Read MoreMonday Give Away: Auf Deutsch!
In honor of Oktoberfest, it’s a German book give away! One person will win: — Verbotene Liebschaften (aka Pink Carnation) — Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Tulpe (aka Black Tulip) — Ashford Park (aka The Ashford Affair) — and Der gestohlene Sommer (aka That Summer) For a chance to win, just post below! The winner will…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
This was a week of very old research books and brand new fiction books for me: that wonderful, decaying, tobacco-y smell from crumbling books on Belle Epoque Paris and the luxurious feel of thick paper and smooth covers on new trade paperbacks. I won’t go into the research side of things, but on the fiction…
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