Saturday Fun: Jigsaw Puzzles!
There’s nothing like a jigsaw puzzle on a sleepy summer day– and, thanks to this puzzle-making website, now you can do them online, too! Voila the Pink Carnation puzzle collection! Test your skill with the covers of all the Pink Carnation books (each link takes you directly to that puzzle): — The Secret History of…
Read MoreColin & Eloise Wedding Week: the Honeymoon
Now that we’ve made it through the Colin & Eloise wedding extravaganza, it’s time for… the honeymoon! Where should our intrepid pair go? Options included: — Wales, for castles: (Please ignore the author in the photo!) — Scotland, for more castles– and sheep: (Those are quite definitely sheep– and not the author.) But those were…
Read MoreRead A Romance Month
August is… Read A Romance Month! It’s a month-long celebration of the genre featuring daily guest posts by a wide variety of authors in the field. It’s a brilliant showcase of the breadth and depth of the romance genre. Today, the three W’s are taking over Read A Romance month! You can find posts by…
Read MoreColin & Eloise Wedding Week: the Bouquet
It seems strange to admit this after twelve books about flower-themed spies, but… I know very little about flowers. So when it came time to design a bouquet for Eloise, I sought expert help from Clara Bauer of Clara’s Flowers. (Have I mentioned recently how endlessly impressed I am by all the talent within the…
Read MoreEloise & Colin Wedding Week: the Cake
It makes such a brief appearance at the reception, and yet it looms so large, in more ways than one. No, not the maid of honor’s speech. That’s another story. (And Eloise is afraid. She is very afraid.) I’m talking about that cake. So, for Eloise’s wedding cake, I turned to my favorite cake expert,…
Read MoreEloise & Colin Wedding Week: the Presents– and Contest!
It’s a good thing Selwick Hall has lots of space, because Eloise and Colin have been busy unloading wedding presents, ranging from a novelty cuckoo clock to a particularly cranky garden gnome. Mrs. Selwick-Alderly’s official gift was a Georgian silver tea service (and if you’ve read the book, you know who it originally belonged to!).…
Read MoreMOONFLOWER Twitter Chat– Today!
The wonderful folks at Fresh Fiction are hosting a Lure of the Moonflower Twitter chat this morning! We’ll be chatting away at 11:30 Central time, 12:30 Eastern time. Come join us!
Read MoreColin & Eloise Wedding Week: the Dress
When we rejoin Eloise in the first chapter of Pink XII, The Lure of the Moonflower, she’s in the throes of wedding preparations at Colin’s not-so-stately home, Selwick Hall. I hereby declare this… Colin & Eloise Wedding Week. I was just going to do one post, tomorrow, for Teaser Tuesday, but the post grew and…
Read MoreCover Reveal: FALL OF POPPIES
What with Lure of the Moonflower launch, I’m a bit late to the game, but… here it is! The cover of the World War I anthology, Fall of Poppies. Nine authors. Nine novellas. One fateful day in 1918…. I am so very grateful to the wonderful Heather Webb for shepherding this anthology into being– and…
Read MoreWeekly Reading Round-Up
Between The Lure of the Moonflower launch and toddler being toddler-ish, I haven’t been able to snatch much reading time this week. I’ve been craving my traditional comfort read: Gothic. (Whenever I’m tired, I revert to old school Gothics with houses on the covers. They’re my happy place.) Fortunately, my wonderful friend Vicki keeps me…
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