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Lady Jane's Salon

The July 6th Lady Jane's Salon saw a fabulous turn out despite the steamy temperatures and holiday weekend. In addition to co-hosting two fabulous guest authors, Dianna Love and Colby Hodge, I got to guest myself! Please check out my videotaped reading from The Tutor.

The August 2nd Lady Jane's Salon aims to send off summer with a bang. Our guests will be Anna DePalo, Erica Ridley, and Alaya Dawn Johnson. As always guest authors books will be available for purchase on site.

Lady Jane's meets...

Speaking the Love

From left to right, Sarah MacLean, Sarah Wendell, Hope Tarr, Tessa Woodward, Lauren Willig & Stephanie Klose. Photo courtesy of Lauren Willig.

Last night I had the privilege of being a panelist at WORD in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. "WORDs of Love: A Night of Romance," celebrated the bookstore's recently opened romance fiction section (yippee!) and brought together author, Lauren Willig (Betrayal of the Blood Lily); romance book blogger, Sarah Wendell (Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches'...

And the Winner is…

Many thanks to all of you who took time out of busy lives to comment on my Wednesday blog on My Lord Jack at Carina Press. What fun we had! The winner of that special contest is Lise Horton. Yay, Lise!

Next stop on my Blog Tour will be Wednesday, July 21st at Fresh Fiction. Visit me and be entered to win a copy of one of my back list books.

And of course my regular contest continues here, so if you haven't yet, please take two ticks and enter by answering a super quick question about my...

Jack is Back!

I'm a sucker for second chance at love stories. Always have been, always will be. Sometimes those love stories themselves get a second chance, too.

My Lord Jack, my Scottish-set historical first published in 2002 with Berkley, releases today with Carina Press, Harlequin Enterprise's exclusively digital imprint.

Jack is indeed back and he's better than ever before. Working with Angela James and the talented editorial team at Carina Press, I've reedited the book–and yes, I'm hopeful that I've...

Signed Copies of THE TUTOR

Ever a woman of my word, I took time over the Independence Day Holiday weekend to visit my local booksellers and sign copies of The Tutor . If you're in New York City over the next few weeks, you can find autographed copies at the following brick-and-mortar bookstores:Borders Stores:Manhattan/Wall Street, 100 Broadway, 212.964.1988Manhattan, 32nd St. & 2nd Avenue, 212.685.3938Manhattan, Penn Plaza, 2 Penn Plaza (adjacent to Madison Square Garden), 212.244.1814Manhattan, Park Avenue, 461 Park A...

Interview with RT BOOK Reviews is Up!

My interview with the lovely Morgan Doremus is posted at the RT BOOK Reviews blog site. I hope you'll take two ticks to check it out and post a comment. In the interim, here's a wee snippet of the segment.

New Yorkers don't forget Lady Jane's Salon on Monday, July 5th, 7-9 PM at Madame X. I'll be reading and signing The Tutor along with authors Dianna Love Snell and Colby Hodge. Bonus: romance blogger, Barbara Vey is in town for Thriller Fest and will be joining us as our very special guest...

THE TUTOR is Out! Plus Lady Jane's July 5th Salon Goodness

My July Victorian-set historical release, The Tutor is shipping from online retailers as well as showing up in selected brick-and-mortar stores–squee! I'll be signing stock in New York City stores over the coming week and posting a list here on my blog for readers living in or visiting The Big Apple, so please check back. In the meantime, check out the excerpt and, if you haven't already, take a few moments and enter my contest.

I'll also be reading The Tutor and signing copies at the July...

June 7th Lady Jane's Salon

The June Lady Jane's Salon proudly presents historical romance authors Cara Elliott, Amanda McCabe, and Salon Co-Founder, Maya Rodale reading from and signing their latest Regency-set releases.

Books will be available for purchase on site.

Details: Monday, June 7th, 7-9 PM at Madame X (94  W Houston St). Subsequent Salons on the first Monday of the month. Admission is $5 or one gently-used romance novel. Cash bar. Net proceeds support city charities serving women in need.

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Stamps to the Rescue!

As many of you may know, I founded and directed the successful Pet Overpopulation STAMP OUT Campaign (1996-2002). This grassroots effort championed by American pet lovers nationwide resulted in issuance of millions of social awareness postage stamps urging the public to "Spay/Neuter — Save a Life." Gracing the stamps were an adorable former shelter puppy and kitten photographed by veteran stamp photographer and pet lover, Sally Andersen-Bruce.  Spay/Neuter sold out, sending a strong message t...

Back from RT!

I'm just back from the RT BOOK Lovers Convention in Columbus, OH, exhausted but still beaming with conference goodness. Personal highlights include Heather Graham's Vampire Ball where costume peeps from Victorian widows to dagger-stabbed ghouls strutted their stuff; the Saturday afternoon book fair where I got to meet fabulous readers as well as literally hundreds of other authors; and of course our Special Lady Jane's Salon Event with guest authors Sabrina Jeffries, Linnea Sinclair and a