The Betrayal of the Blood Lily will be coming out in paperback in January of ’11. I don’t have an exact date yet (as soon as I do, I’ll post it here on the website), but I do have a glamorous new cover!

The Mischief of the Mistletoe may not be out on shelves just yet, but it’s already available for casting on Storycasting. You can find the first chapter of The Mischief of the Mistletoe here. I’ll be posting Chapter Two in June, along with another mini-contest.

It’s been a while since we’ve played around with casting… but I was at the gym recently and ran into Turnip Fitzhugh (hero of the upcoming Mischief of the Mistletoe!). Being Turnip, I found him in a very unlikely place: in an 80′s music video called Pop Goes the World. My image of Turnip? The [...]

While we’re having fun with foreign covers, here’s a completely new one… Pink Carnation in Turkish! You can order the Turkish edition here.

The Deception of the Emerald Ring has a glamorous new look for its English debut. Emerald Ring comes out in the UK in early September. There’s something about this cover that makes me think a little bit about Cinderella (very fitting for Letty!) and a little bit about classic romantic suspense novels, a la Mary [...]

With the weather suddenly reverting to winter, it seemed like a good time for comfort reads. Here’s what I’ve been reading this past week: – Writing Jane Austen, Elizabeth Aston A reluctant American writer in modern London undertakes the task of finishing a lost Austen manuscript. The lengths she went to avoid writing struck close [...]

I’ll be talking about the Pink series and reading an advance snippet from The Mischief of the Mistletoe tonight at 7:00 at the Vogelson Regional Branch Library in Vorhees, New Jersey. You can find all the details, including directions to the library, here.

The winner of the advance copy of The Mischief of the Mistletoe, chosen at random from among all those who posted responses, is… Sheila! Congratulations, Sheila! Thanks so much to everyone who posted a response. I loved hearing everyone’s take on what it is that resonates about Austen’s stories. As you may have guessed, between [...]

Hi, all! Today is the last chance to lob in your entry for this month’s mini-contest. The prize? A shiny new advance copy of The Mischief of the Mistletoe. The winner will be announced here tomorrow.

We always hear about the wicked stepmothers… but what about their positive counterparts? While we’re all celebrating the wonderful mothers in our lives (hi, Mom!), there was an excellent piece in Dear Author today about the good mothers of romance fiction. When you think of it, there are quite a few. Who are your favorite [...]