It has been borne in on me recently that my closet is very full. Full of books. (Nothing bears this in on one like an avalanche of hardcovers hurtling towards your head as you try to conduct the simple action of extracting a coat from a hanger.) In particular, I have ten extra copies of [...]

Only five days until The Betrayal of the Blood Lily!! Blood Lily features the third in a triumvirate of three very different friends, Henrietta (The Masque of the Black Tulip), Charlotte (The Temptation of the Night Jasmine) and Penelope. If one had to type them in a broad-brush way, Henrietta is the one who holds [...]

Thank you all for your amazing actor suggestions for Robert! As your answers came in, I spent way too much time yesterday on IMDB, going “Ahhhhh….” (and occasionally, “Oooh!”). Since there’s really no way to pick among the Roberts (unless they’d all like to come audition for us? Pretty please?), the winner, chosen at random, [...]

There’s another super review for The Betrayal of the Blood Lily, this time from Booklist. Booklist writes, “Willig brings colonial India to vibrant life through Penelope’s eyes, and the sparks flying between Penelope and Alex generate plenty of heat. By taking the story to India, Willig injects a new energy in her already thriving, thrilling [...]