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The “Difficult” Heroine

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Write Chic just posted an excellent article discussing the career of the anti-heroine in fiction. She uses Mary, from The Seduction of the Crimson Rose, and our very own Penelope of Blood Lily as two of her prime examples. The first ones who come to mind for me are Scarlett, from Gone With [...]

Mini-Contest Winner

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

The line in question–
“No, darling, I don’t mind in the least that you’ve quite ruined my prospects. I always wanted to be made a laughingstock in front of the ton.”
– comes from page 56, line 5 of the paperback edition of The Seduction of the Crimson Rose, as part of Mary Alsworthy’s internal monologue. [...]

Calling All Librarians

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

It has been borne in on me recently that my closet is very full. Full of books. (Nothing bears this in on one like an avalanche of hardcovers hurtling towards your head as you try to conduct the simple action of extracting a coat from a hanger.)
In particular, I have ten [...]

The Crimson Rose Playlist

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

I’ll be posting the Night Jasmine playlist in January, just in time for the release of the paperback. In the meantime, though, we have a very different set of songs for Mary and Vaughn:

NIGHT JASMINE Book Club Coming Soon!

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Hi, all!
Thanks so much for making the launch of Night Jasmine such a success yesterday! I’m dying to get going on discussing it, but to give everyone time to read it first, the inaugural meeting of Night Jasmine Book Club will be held on Tuesday, February 3rd. Thanks to one of Kayse’s comments [...]

Crimson Rose Book Club: Favorite Scene

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

In each of my books, there is always one scene or passage that pops out for me, that makes me feel good about my writing and the book I’m in the process of producing. For The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, it was the mad mob scene in Richard’s Paris drawing room [...]

NIGHT JASMINE a Romantic Times Top Pick!

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

It has been a glorious week for The Temptation of the Night Jasmine all around. With only one week left to go until the Official Release Day (January 22nd!), the happy reviews have been pouring in.

Romantic Times named Night Jasmine a Top Pick, enthusing, “Witty, smart, carefully detailed and highly entertaining, Willig’s [...]

Crimson Rose Book Club: Vaughn!

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Hi, all!
Welcome back to Crimson Rose Book Club. As we focused on Mary last week, it only seems fair to turn our attention to Vaughn. And, boy oh boy, is there a lot to talk about.
To start us off:
Having met Vaughn in the previous books, did entering his point of view [...]

More Crimson Rose

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Hi, all! As an addendum to the fascinating discussion below about Mary and the influences that shaped her, I posted today on History Hoydens about Mary, matrimony, and the changing face of ambition (not necessarily in that order).

Crimson Rose Book Club: Mary or Letty?

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Hi, all!
Welcome to our inaugural meeting of Crimson Rose Book Club. I’m going to loosely (and I mean very loosely) play moderator, but, for the most part, the floor is yours. Please, please feel free to take the discussion in whatever direction you want it to go.
To kick us off, here [...]

 

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Lauren's Books


The Betrayal of the Blood Lily
Dutton
January 2010


The Temptation of the Night Jasmine
Dutton
January 2009


The Seduction of the Crimson Rose
Dutton
February 2008


The Deception of the Emerald Ring
Dutton
November 2006


The Masque of the Black Tulip
NAL Trade
October 2006


The Secret History of the Pink Carnation
NAL Trade
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