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 in [...]

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).

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 are two [...]

Hi, all! Just a reminder that the first meeting of Crimson Rose Book Club convenes here, this Tuesday, January 6th. I’ll be posting some questions from the Crimson Rose readers’ guide, and then it’s over to you for thoughts, comments, and questions. See you back here tomorrow for the third installment of the Selwick Christmas [...]

Today is the official release day for Crimson Rose the Paperback! If you happen to come across it, please do say hello to it for me. I can tell that I’m becoming an old and blase author because I have not yet made the rounds of every bookstore in a twenty block radius just to [...]

Even though the official release date for the paperback version of Crimson Rose isn’t until next Tuesday, guess what I saw in Borders today? A whole pile of lovely paperback Crimsons, front and center on the New Fiction rack. So if you’ve been holding out for the paperback, you may just be in luck….

For those who are interested in a wee dram of procrastination, I posted today on History Hoydens about Bonnie Prince Charlie, and more specifically on whether or not he deserves that oh so bonnie reputation he has managed to carry down with him through the ages. (Check out the comments section for a discussion of [...]

Like all good things, the Tuesday trivia contests had to come to an end (especially since I had run out of advance copies of Night Jasmine). But I find that Tuesday lacks a certain zing without the excuse to hang out here on the Pink Carnation page. So, for the month of January, every Tuesday [...]

The Seduction of the Crimson Rose has been nominated for a Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice award! It’s perfect timing, too– Crimson Rose the Paperback should be in stores in just under a month. Many hugs to the lovely Romantic Times reviewers and fingers crossed for Crimson Rose! Now back to our regularly scheduled contest….

First of all, a HUGE thank you to everyone who took the time to put in a vote for your favorite Pink Carnation character. I haven’t tallied the votes yet, but I was touched to see that even the Dowager Duchess of Dovedale got a shout-out. And Turnip Fitzhugh has a small but exceedingly vehement [...]