The winner of the last copy of the UK edition of The Deception of the Emerald Ring is…
… Shannon C. (of comment #94).

Congrats, Shannon!
Many thanks to my fabulous friend, the mysterious “chbs”, for ceding her share of the spoils….

In an amusing twist, it turns out that one of the randomly chosen winners of the UK edition of The Deception of the Emerald Ring was, in fact, an old friend. Since she has perpetual access to me and my Closet o’ Books, she has generously offered to toss her copy back into the [...]

I apologize for the delay in announcing the winners of The Deception of the Emerald Ring (UK) and The Temptation of the Night Jasmine. Technological gremlins took over the site for a bit. Fortunately, they seem to have been vanquished (i.e. I was able to log in.)
The winners of the British edition of [...]

… to put in your votes for the Orchid Affair Cover Contest!
You can find all the entries here.
Three people who vote will be chosen at random to receive copies of the British edition of The Deception of the Emerald Ring.

Two people who tweet, blog, or otherwise spread the word about the contest will receive copies [...]

Guess what just arrived in the mail today? Gorgeous, hot-off-the-presses copies of the British edition of The Deception of the Emerald Ring.

Emerald Ring makes its official UK debut on 6 September, 2010.
In the meantime, the books are too pretty not to share. I’ll be giving away three copies to people chosen [...]

The Deception of the Emerald Ring has a glamorous new look for its English debut.

Emerald Ring comes out in the UK in early September. There’s something about this cover that makes me think a little bit about Cinderella (very fitting for Letty!) and a little bit about classic romantic suspense novels, a la Mary [...]

My family has a holiday tradition of giving each other movies– almost always BBC comedies or costume dramas– and then watching them all in great, multi-hour marathons. One of this year’s BBC haul was Lark Rise to Candleford, from which my little sister chose this actress to play Letty from Deception of the Emerald [...]

As we struggle out of our turkey comas, here’s the Emerald Ring playlist to get you up and dancing– or running off to Ireland with a group of spies in knee breeches. Take your pick.

Hi, all! Reading through your votes for the Top Fictional Couples of All Time provided an unexpected trip down memory lane, with each couple evoking a favorite reading experience. With so many millions of books out there, it’s pretty incredible just how much of a fictional lexicon we all have in common.
Out [...]

Check out the new and improved Diversions page with:
– links to family trees for the major family groupings (Selwick, Balcourt, Wooliston, Alsworthy, and all the modern Selwicks)
– a select bibliography for each of the six books so far (yep, including the one that isn’t quite written yet– I probably should get cracking on that)
– [...]