Never say you don’t have an impact. After all the discussion here and on Facebook about the similarities between the covers of The Mischief of the Mistletoe and The Masque of the Black Tulip, the Dutton art department raced back to the drawing board and whipped up a whole new cover. (Apparently, the duplication was [...]

You guessed it! The picture on the cover of The Mischief of the Mistletoe, “A Summer Rose” by Francois Martin-Kavel, made its Pink Carnation debut in fall of 2006 with the paperback edition of The Masque of the Black Tulip. She looks quite different with the her head intact, doesn’t she?

There was a lovely review of The Masque of the Black Tulip on All About Romance today. Reviewer Blythe Barnhill called Miles and Henrietta “simply delightful”, commenting, “I adored Miles and Henrietta. I absolutely loved them, and everything about their relationship. It felt authentic to me in every way”. What better compliment could an author [...]

Only three days left until BLOOD LILY!!!!! I found it incredibly amusing that the first answer to yesterday’s contest concerned a conjunction of Lord Vaughn and Turnip Fitzhugh, while the second involved Turnip and the Dowager Duchess of Dovedale. Because, in fact, both of those occur in Turnip’s book, The Mischief of the Mistletoe (coming [...]

… from Miss Eliza! What do you think of her choice for Henrietta? (Who, by the way, once again absolutely swept the character popularity contest, beating out Amy, Letty, Mary, and all the guys.) For more fun with casting, you can also check out other peoples’ picks on Storycasting.

The Masque of the Black Tulip is featured today in a lovely post on Barbara Vey’s blog, Beyond Her Book.

Happy October! To usher in the new month, we have the Black Tulip Playlist:

The polls are closed. The vote is in. It’s official: The Masque of the Black Tulip is the most popular Pink Carnation book of them all. I can just hear Miles and Henrietta gloating, can’t you? Black Tulip triumphed in a landslide victory, scoring nearly double the votes of its nearest contenders. Tied for second [...]

… for more contests. In addition to our regularly scheduled Tuesday trivia quiz, Access Romance is having a daily contest of its own, with a different author giving away goodies every day for the entire month of December. Pop over to Access Romance tomorrow (well, today already in some time zones) for a chance to [...]

Hi, all! Henrietta’s stuffed animal is, indeed, Bunny-the-Bunny. Bunny’s long ears must be burning after all those mentions of his name last night. But, hey, that’s what happens when you’re the Official Stuffed Animal of The Most Popular Pink Carnation Character (TM). As a side note, I was terribly touched that so many people remembered [...]