As I may have mentioned before, there is a little pile of advance copies of Night Jasmine on one of my kitchen chairs. (The reason they’re living on my kitchen chair is that the place under my cocktail table is already occupied by a pile of research books. Isn’t everyone’s? And the space under the [...]

The very first review of The Temptation of the Night Jasmine is in. According to Publishers Weekly, Night Jasmine is “an elegant and grandly entertaining book”. Huzzah! For those who are interested, you can read the full text of the review here (just scroll down a bit– Night Jasmine is the ninth book down). They [...]

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 [...]

And we have updates! New to the website are: – Outtakes from Crimson Rose – a Who’s Who of the major Pink Carnation character so far (which you can also link to from their Family Tree entries) – and a new Contest, for cover flats of The Seduction of the Crimson Rose and advance copies [...]

Hi, all! I hope everyone had a glorious 4th of July weekend, complete with barbecue, sparklers and all the trappings. Two hundred years and an ocean away from July sunshine and backyard barbecues, it’s Christmas Eve in 1803, where Lady Charlotte Lansdowne shivers on the frost-bleached marble steps of Girdings House as an unexpected addition [...]

Lo, the Great Amazon hath spoken. According to amazon.com (which is usually pretty reliable when it comes to these things), the paperback version of The Seduction of the Crimson Rose will be available on January 6th, while the hardcover of The Temptation of the Night Jasmine will be released just two weeks later, on January [...]

Hi, all! As part of an attempt to avoid dealing with several cranky camels in Book VI, I was rooting around in my Book V files looking for the deleted scene where Charlotte waxes nostalgic about her childhood parrot (as you can imagine, the parrot and the Dowager Duchess of Dovedale did not enjoy a [...]

In other words, Pink V has a cover! Covers are always a game of roulette– we’ve all heard the horror story about the three armed maiden on one of Christina Dodd’s early covers– but I’ve been exceptionally lucky with mine so far. No mullets, no bulging thews, no women busting out of their bodices, no [...]

Another week, another Friday, another weekend to indulge in some leisure reading…. Since I so enjoyed hearing what everyone was reading last weekend (my To Be Purchased list has reached whole new proportions), I think this may need to become a weekly topic. So here’s what’s on my list for this weekend: 1. Natural Born [...]

Like some books, some titles are easier than others. Pink V was a Problem Title. We went through a number of flowers and, yes, even wildlife (there was some talk of doves) before settling on the current title. Henceforth, Pink V shall be… The Temptation of the Night Jasmine. Huge thanks to everyone who helped [...]