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 latest is [...]

The time has come. The final ARC is ready to leave home. But to whom will it go? And the very last of the Night Jasmine ARCs goes to…. *drumroll* … Jody (of Comment #55)! Congratulations, Jody! Thanks so much to everyone for swinging by these past five Tuesdays. Even though the ARCs are gone, [...]

There is one last, lonely ARC of Night Jasmine sitting on my kitchen chair. Forlorn and bereft without its brethren, it needs a good home. So, for the last ARC of Night Jasmine, here’s our final Tuesday question: Which Pink Carnation character would you most like to see star in his/her own book? Check back [...]

Hi, all! As you so cunningly guessed, the name of Eloise’s little sister is, in fact, Jillian. Despite being nineteen– or, perhaps, because of it– Jillian considers herself worlds more mature than her older sister and doles out advice accordingly. I was greatly moved by the argument that a Jillian ought to win for a [...]

As a tribute to my own little sister, who so ably took over last week’s trivia contest, here is this week’s Pink Carnation trivia question: What is the name of Eloise’s little sister? Hint: The answer can be found in the Prologue to Night Jasmine. As always, the winner will be announced here on Wednesday! [...]

I’m baaaaack!!!! First off, a huge thanks to the talented and brilliant Brooke who so deftly ran the Tuesday Trivia contest for me while I was off on my top secret research mission (despite the, cough, insinuations about the purpose of my trip. Hmph). Thank you, Brookiefly, for minding the homefront! And congrats to Amy, [...]

More happy, happy news! That extra happy isn’t just for extra happiness, but because this week brought not one, but two more rave reviews for Night Jasmine, one from Library Journal, which gave glowing notices to “[a]nother well-written chapter” in the Pink series and the other from Kirkus, which decreed that “[s]mart characters of both [...]

Hi, again! For those curious about the painting we’ve been discussing below, the detail on the Night Jasmine cover was taken from a painting by Charles Sillem Lidderdale called At the Garden Gate. You can see the full painting on the Fine Art Photographic Library website. Our anonymous lady (let’s just call her Charlotte, shall [...]

Hi, all! Thank you so much for your fascinating and insightful comments on the cover of Night Jasmine. Frankly, I get a lot more out of the picture now than I did before. I love the interplay that some found between title and picture, perceiving the lady on the cover as weighing the moral dilemma [...]

Yesterday’s Publishers Weekly included an article on what messages covers are meant to convey to the reader. One of the covers discussed was that of The Temptation of the Night Jasmine. According to the PW article, the subliminal message indicated by the cover of Night Jasmine is that “[t]he heroine, while innocent and beautiful, also [...]