In honor of the holiday season, I’ll be giving away one copy of the print version of Ivy & Intrigue. Below, resurrected from the archives, are the Ivy & Intrigue outtakes. Which is your favorite?

Reading Anne Stuart’s Lord of Danger last week made me nostalgic for all the medieval (or pseudo-medieval) romances I used to read back in the 80s and early 90s. If you like medieval romances, you’ll probably like…. – Mary Lide’s Ann of Cambray. This was the first romance novel I ever read, the book that [...]

It suddenly dawned on me that fast away the old year passes– which means that we have Pink books coming out in the very near future. First up, we have the trade paperback edition of The Orchid Affair, coming out January 3rd. And then… drum roll!… The Garden Intrigue appears in stores in hardcover on [...]

Despite being in crazy deadline mode with the Kenya book (just six more chapters to go!), I’ve managed to cram in a fair amount of pleasure reading this week. Sometimes, it’s nice to listen to the voices from someone else’s head. Here’s what I’ve been reading: – Kristan Higgins, The Next Best Thing. It’s no [...]

Last night, I re-watched one of my favorite movies, While You Were Sleeping. I hadn’t seen it in a very long time and I was struck, once again, by the fundamental paradox of it: they manage to build plausible characters and realistic character development within a plot frame that, by all rights, shouldn’t work at [...]

It’s been a particularly good week for entertaining bits of this and that on the internet. So, for those who haven’t already stumbled across these…. – A lyrical essay on why men should date women who read: “If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads. Or better yet, [...]

The final of the major reviews came in for The Garden Intrigue today– and it was lovely! Calling The Garden Intrigue “smart and funny”, Kirkus Reviews writes, “The latest installment in the Pink Carnation historical romantic suspense series is as fresh and charming as its floral theme.” But, wait! There’s more. “[T]rue hearts always win [...]

Yesterday, I’d Rather Read posted on her blog about holiday mysteries (including one of my favorites, Julia Spencer-Fleming’s In the Bleak Midwinter– for those who haven’t read these, it’s an excellent series!). My immediate reaction was, huh? Holiday and mystery? Sounds weird. Then I sat down and started ticking off favorite books on my fingers [...]

In celebration of the UK publication of The Mischief of the Mistletoe, my British publisher had me respond to some Q&A. Here they are below, along with an extra that had to be cut for length reasons– but as Queen of my Website, I get to be as long-winded as I like over here. (Cue [...]

If you like books set during the French Revolution, you’ll probably like…. – Raphael Sabatini’s Scaramouche (which provided a great deal of inspiration for The Orchid Affair!) for old fashioned swash and buckle; – Catherine Delors’ Mistress of the Revolution (and, for those curious about life a few years post-Revolution, For the King); – Michelle [...]