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You can also get a signed copy of The Ashford Affair from the Poisoned Pen event by clicking here and choosing the “signed” option.

Where: 93rd & Madison
When: 6:00 tonight
What: The final Ashford launch event!
Why: Because reading The Ashford Affair is much more fun than filing your taxes….

Hope to see you there!

Starting at 1:00, there will be coffee, cookies, and chitchat about The Ashford Affair.

There will be books for sale at the event, courtesy of the wonderful Lake Forest Book Store.

The event begins at 7:00 pm at Nicola’s Books in the Westgate Shopping Center. (2513 Jackson Avenue.) Hope to see you there!

– Thursday (4/11): Nicola’s Books, Ann Arbor MI, 7:00;

– Friday (4/12): Warren Newport Public Library, Gurnee IL, 1:00;

– Monday (4/15): The Corner Bookstore, New York NY, 6:00.

If you can’t come see me in person, here’s another virtual appearance (aka Q&A), this time on the blog of historical fiction author, Susanne Dunlap.

– talking about writing and lawyering to the brilliant Robyn Hagan Cain over at the FindLaw blog;

– with award winning novelist C.W. Gortner, discussing The Ashford Affair on his blog, Historical Boys;

– and over on the B&N book clubs blog, being interviewed by Debbie Haupt about Ashford, Pink, writing, and the vicissitudes of book tour.

As of 10:00 Eastern Standard Time tonight, you can also find me live-streaming from the Poisoned Pen in Arizona. (Note to self: live stream should not be used as a verb. It sounds a little creepy that way.) Anyway, phrased otherwise, the Poisoned Pen Ashford Affair launch event will be recorded and blasted through the internet through this link here.

Even if you’re not in Scottsdale, you can view the event through the magic of the internet. I’ve been told there will be a live webcast beginning at 7:00 PST (10:00 EST), which can also be accessed and played at any time after the event via this link.

If you would like to purchase a personalized book from the Poisoned Pen event, just go through this link by noon today Arizona time (3:00 EST). If you put your inscription requests in the information box, they’ll make sure I sign it just so.

Let the Ashford fun begin!

I’ll be hitting the road for the next few days to celebrate the launch of The Ashford Affair:

On Tuesday night (4/9), you can find me at the Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale, AZ.

On Thursday night (4/11), I’ll be at Nicola’s Books in Ann Arbor, MI.

On Friday (4/12) at 1:00 PM, come join me for coffee and cookies at Warren Newport Public Library in Gurnee, IL. Books will be available for sale courtesy of Lake Forest Book Store.

Finally, on Monday (4/15), I’ll be finishing up my tour de bookstores on my own home turf, at the Corner Bookstore in New York.

If you can’t make it to any of the events, but would like a signed or personalized book, just contact any of the bookstores above.

Hope to see you at one of these stops!

Here’s the link to the livestream. It will go live at 7:00 PST on April 9th and then can be viewed at any time thereafter.

For anyone who would like to purchase a signed and personalized book from the event, the Poisoned Pen has informed me that they’re happy to ship just about anywhere. (I believe the exact phrase was “global shipping available”.)

If you go through this link by noon on April 9th and put any inscription requests in the information box, they’ll make sure I sign it while I’m there.