Monday 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…
Read MoreMonday Give Away Winners
The winners of this Monday’s give away are… — Abby, of Comment #31 — Paige B, of Comment #26 — Ammy Belle, of Comment #11 Congrats, ladies! If you email me at willig@post.harvard.edu, I’ll put your books in the mail to you. Stay tuned for a special October (or should I say, Oktober?) themed give…
Read MoreEn français!
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation and The Masque of the Black Tulip are now available en français! Or should I say LA MYSTÉRIEUSE HISTOIRE DE L’OEILLET ROSE and LE MASQUE DE LA TULIPE NOIRE? Does anyone recognize those covers from somewhere else? If you’re looking for more en français, you can find The…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: Upcoming Books
Now that the nip of fall is finally in the air and the double book releases of the summer behind me, it seemed like a good time to look forward to the year (and the books) ahead. Here’s the publication schedule for 2016! — January 19, 2016: The Forgotten Room (with Karen White & Beatriz…
Read MoreMonday Give Away: Alsworthys and Unicorns and India, Oh My!
Every time I think I’ve rounded up all available author copies, another batch appears, this time a pile of the paperback edition of Pink III, The Deception of the Emerald Ring. There are various subgroupings within the Pink series. The series can be broken up in all sorts of ways, whether it’s tracing the rise…
Read MoreForgotten Room ARCs
The Forgotten Room is starting to look like a book! This copy showed up on my doorstep last night– and one could appear on yours. Penguin is giving away twenty-five advance copies of The Forgotten Room on Goodreads right now. To enter, just go to the Forgotten Room page on Goodreads and click the “Enter…
Read MoreUK Edition Pink Carnation Winners!
The winners of the UK editions of Books I through V of the Pink Carnation series are…. — Lauren D. of Comment #70 — Lynne Hastings of Comment #80 Congrats, Lauren and Lynne! If you email me at willig@post.harvard.edu and let me know where to send them, I’ll pop your books in the mail to…
Read MoreAsk the Author: LURE OF THE MOONFLOWER
It’s time for the final installment of Ask the Author over on the Bubblebath Reader! Do you have questions about The Lure of the Moonflower? (Or anything else?) I’ll be over at the Bubblebath Reader, telling all. There is also a lovely Lure of the Moonflower mug, designed by Miss Eliza, which will be awarded…
Read MoreTeaser Tuesday: A New Cover!
The Forgotten Room has a new cover! Admittedly, it looks a lot like the old cover. Every book has its own unique challenges when it comes to designing a cover. In this case, we were three authors writing a single novel. How to convey that The Forgotten Room is a novel rather than an anthology?…
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