Procrastinating from starting a new book always means that I suddenly find myself embracing the busywork tasks I’ve been putting off for ages. I haven’t quite gotten around to cleaning my closet yet, but I have seen to some long overdue updates here on the website. Ivy & Intrigue: A Very Selwick Christmas (aka the [...]

The UK version of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation is now officially out on shelves across the Pond. Unlike some of the foreign editions, which stick pretty closely to the American cover, Pink Britain chose to go with a totally different look. Which do you like better?

… answering fellow author Maya Rodale‘s infamous six questions.

Cue the sound of a cane ominously tap-tap-tapping away. Yes, it’s none other than her Grace, the Dowager Duchess of Dovedale, come to wreak her usual joyous havoc. Let’s indulge in a little lese majeste that would undoubtedly have the Dowager fuming at our presumption: i.e. let’s talk about her. What did you think of [...]

Barnes & Nobles has a great new feature called Tagged where they pick favorite books and interview authors. I had a ridiculous amount of fun at the interview– which partly accounts for my constantly forgetting that I was supposed to be, er, looking at the camera instead of just chatting with super-entertaining Tagged host Molly [...]

Hi, all! If you’re in the Manhattan area on March 2nd, please do stop by Madame X for the second ever meeting of Lady Jane’s Salon (wonderful name, no?) where I’ll be reading from and signing The Temptation of the Night Jasmine. Lady Jane’s is a new group that features readings from two romance novelists [...]

… the other great prisons of the French Revolution, about which I posted today on History Hoydens. It does seem unfair that the Bastille gets all the attention, when there are so many lovely dungeons to be had.

Given the long weekend, I’d nearly forgotten that this was a Tuesday! I still mean to chime in about Penelope, but it’s well past time to move on to our patiently waiting Charlotte, who is, after all, the heroine.

Happy Valentine’s Day, all! I hope you’re wallowing in lace-edged Valentines and heart-shaped boxes full of gooey chocolaty substances. Earlier this week, in honor of Valentine’s Day, my little sister’s debate society postponed their usual policy debate in favor of a poetry reading. I thought that was an excellent idea, so I’ve decided to, er, [...]

The winners of the title contest have been posted on Smart Bitches Trashy Books! There were so many hysterically clever options that it was nearly impossible to choose. Grand Prize Winner: Elizabeth Wadsworth, The Sheep in the Phlox Runners-Up: Charmaine Ong, Daring Deeds of the Devious Daffodil Midknyt, The Alliteration of the Asian Alocasia amazonica [...]