What with all the running around, I completely forgot about Teaser Tuesday! So, to make up for it, we’ll have both Teaser Tuesday this week AND some sort of Valentine’s Day treat on Monday…. I’ll let you know as soon as I figure out what it will be.

One of the perks of book tour is the book recs. Huge thanks to Corey at the Union Station B&N and Barbara Peters of the Poisoned Pen for making my bag even heavier than it already would be by suggesting books and authors I wouldn’t have thought of. I now have a long, long list [...]

Unfortunately, there’s no way I can convey the chocolate eaten at last night’s event along the electronic aether, but, thanks to the miracles of modern technology, I can bring you the event itself. The webcast of the Poisoned Pen event– unedited and uncut– is up on the Poisoned Pen website. You can find it here. [...]

I wrap up the Orchid Tour today with two events in Arizona: a 3:30 tea party at the Tempe Library and a 7:00 reading at the Poisoned Pen (with chocolate!). Come join me in celebrating Orchid, Valentine’s Day, and my last day on the road. If you can’t make it to the events, but you’d [...]

As the Orchid Tour rushes on, you can find me tonight in New Haven at the Yale Bookstore. This one’s an early reading: 6:00.

Despite the best efforts of the snow, I will be reading at the Borders in Bailey’s Crossroads in Virginia tonight at 7:30. Take that, precipitation! If my train gets in on time, I’ll be hanging around the B&N in Union Station from about 4:30 to 5:30 to sign anything you might like me to sign. [...]

We all have our own things we covet. A promotion, a latte, a word of praise from a specific individual. For me, it was Desert Isle Keeper status on All About Romance. After all, what higher praise could a writer crave than being *that* book, the book chosen above all others for tropical exile? Books [...]

Tonight launches… Orchid Week! I’ll be speaking tonight at Lady Jane’s Salon in New York (7:00), tomorrow night at the Bailey’s Crossroads Borders in Virginia (7:30), Wednesday night at the Yale Bookstore in New Haven (6:00), and Thursday at the Tempe Library in Arizona (3:30) and the Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale (7:00). For those who [...]

Hello, fellow New Yorkers! Come join us at Madame X on Houston Street for the second anniversary celebration of Lady Jane’s Salon. I’ll be reading from The Orchid Affair (my fourth time reading at Lady J’s!) along with Caridad Ferrar, Courtney Milan, and guest emcee Andrew Shaffer, who will be reading from his historical non-fiction [...]

Since things are a little crazy with Orchid Tour, instead of telling you what I’m reading this week, here are the books that meant a lot to me once upon a time, via Historical Tapestry. What are the books that have meant the most to you? And what are you reading now?