Hi, all! If you haven’t already put your name in the hat, today (May 30th) is the last day to enter to win a copy of The Temptation of the Night Jasmine on Kelly Hewitt’s site, Loaded Questions. Check out Loaded Questions for details!

Over at Loaded Questions, I recently chatted with fellow academic and author interviewer Kelly Hewitt about the Pink books, grad school, and the upcoming Betrayal of the Blood Lily. (Kelly found a brilliant picture of a blood lily for illustration).
If you’re looking to wile away a slow Saturday, Kelly’s site includes interviews [...]

Folks who study romance are just more fun. The International Association for the Study of Popular Romance is running one of the most creative fundraisers I’ve seen yet. Called “It Takes Two”, they’re asking people to pitch in a two dollar donation in honor of (here’s the good bit) their favorite romance novel [...]

And the title of the sixth Pink book will be….
… The Betrayal of the Blood Lily!
Henceforth, Pink VI shall no longer be merely a number among Pinks, but a titled book among books.
As you know, choosing this particular title was a long, hard haul. I would like to thank everyone who participated. [...]

Courtesy of Stephanie (thank you, Stephanie!), we have a Pre-Title Entertainment: a pre-game quiz.
To tide you over for those few hours until Flower Idol comes to its triumphal conclusion (for this book, at least) and the title of Pink VI is publicly announced, we have a smattering of Pink Carnation Trivia. Please [...]

Once again, my publisher and I find ourselves on the thorns of a floral dilemma. As some of you may know, my working title for Pink VI was “Something Something Something Marigold”, since the spy in the novel is named the Marigold.
But let’s face it, Penelope isn’t the sort of heroine to [...]

All About Romance is offering a grab bag of my books to anyone who can correctly answer a Pink Carnation trivia question over on their After Hours blog. Two grab bags, really. One winner will receive audio copies of Black Tulip and Emerald Ring, while the other gets signed copies of Pink Carnation, [...]

The winners of the title contest have been posted on Smart Bitches Trashy Books! There were so many hysterically clever options that it was nearly impossible to choose.
Grand Prize Winner:
Elizabeth Wadsworth, The Sheep in the Phlox
Runners-Up:
Charmaine Ong, Daring Deeds of the Devious Daffodil
Midknyt, The Alliteration of the Asian Alocasia amazonica
KatherineB, [...]

…Hard working novelist no longer has to suffer finger strain from typing out That Still Untitled Selwick Christmas novella every few days.
The winner, by a very large margin, was Ivy & Intrigue: A Very Selwick Christmas.
Congrats, Megan!! From now unto the ends of the earth, the Selwick Christmas Novella shall be known [...]

Smart Bitches Trashy Books, one of my absolute favorite sites on the web (i.e. where I waste most of my time when I’m supposed to be writing) is hosting a contest today in honor of The Temptation of the Night Jasmine’s hitting the New York Times Bestseller list.
The rules? Come up with [...]