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 [...]

Since the more judges we have, the more objective the Cover Contest voting will be (and because I really need to clear out my closet), I’ll be offering signed copies of the paperback of The Temptation of the Night Jasmine to two people chosen at random from among all those who tweet, blog, Facebook post, [...]

Two more excellent reviews of The Temptation of the Night Jasmine popped up this morning!

First Mate Keira gave Night Jasmine five treasure chests, saying, “The vivid imagery and adept storytelling woven by Lauren Willig will suck you in and not let you up for air until the very last punctuation mark. You will [...]

… from the Serendipitous Reader. The review includes a video clip from last year’s reading at Lady Jane’s Salon, which I’ve re-pasted here below.
Although it’s a bit of a side note to the rest of the story, this is my favorite snippet from The Temptation of the Night Jasmine: the ice cream [...]

Jennifer Rummel of Teens Read Too gives The Temptation of the Night Jasmine five stars, declaring, “The fifth book in the PINK CARNATION series flirts with more danger, more suspense, more secrets, more romance, and a whole lot of fun!” Thanks, Jennifer!

An amazing review just came in from Night Owl Reviews for The Temptation of the Night Jasmine. (Now available in paperback!).
Danya of Night Owl Reviews writes: “Weaving a modern day love story, with hints of Bridget Jones, with a classic love story, a la Jane Austen, each entry in Lauren Willig’s [...]

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s ALA award, here’s an excellent review for The Temptation of the Night Jasmine from Fresh Fiction.

Today, the American Library Association came out with their short list for the “outstanding genre literature” of 2010.
Here’s the description, straight from the ALA website: “The Reading List annually recognizes the best books in eight genres: adrenaline (which includes suspense, thriller, and adventure), fantasy, historical fiction, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction, and women’s fiction.” [...]

Happy Friday! THE BETRAYAL OF THE BLOOD LILY comes out next week!!!!!!
Okay, now that I’ve got that out of my system…. Below, I’ve posted what is probably my favorite out-take from The Betrayal of the Blood Lily. It hurt to cut this scene. Without giving too much away, I can tell [...]