In all the Pink I birthday excitement, poor Blood Lily has been getting rather short shrift. Not so on the part of the Historical Novels Review. In their latest issue, they write, “Willig masterfully captures India and its allure at the beginning of the 19th century.” Huzzah! Thank you, HNR!

As we ramble down memory lane with The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, I have a secret to share.

Okay, I will confess, I didn’t do an actual count. But, using the very subjective “hey, didn’t I just read this?” method, the phrase that seemed to come up most as I read through the comments was: