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January 19, 2021
Podcast – Episode Two, The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911: An Emigrant’s Experience
They called them the Shirtwaist Kings. Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, one of the largest ready-made clothing manufacturing firms in the United States and a principal provider of ladies’ button-up blouses, the go-to garment for the New Woman. To the workers employed in their factories in Syracuse, Yonkers, Boston, […]
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January 10, 2021
Podcast – The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911: An Emigrant’s Experience
I’m thrilled to announce the launch of “The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911: An Emigrant’s Experience,” a three-part podcast with Irish historian, author and podcaster Fin Dwyer. I first met Fin in 2018 at an event at the American Irish Historical Society in Manhattan where he was the guest speaker, thought he was brilliant […]
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December 18, 2020
Reading Tomorrow’s Destiny at Lady Jane’s Salon
Victorian Christmas Goodness! This month, I read my Victorian Christmas novella, Tomorrow’s Destiny at Lady Jane’s Salon, the Manhattan, NYC reading series I co-founded back in ((gulp)) 2009. Like the Dickens’ classic from which it draws inspo, Tomorrow’s Destiny is a paranormal Christmas story. Only instead of ghosts, I have guardian angels. Guardian angels masquerading […]
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November 9, 2020
Free Christmas Novella
Now through 11/16, download my Christmas novella, A Cinderella Christmas Carol FREE across platforms. Get the ebook, part of my Suddenly Cinderella series of contemporary romances, and discover why bestselling author Jacquie D’Alessandro dubbed it “a delightful and heartwarming holiday treat.” Here’s a bit about the story… There’s nothing On Top managing editor Cynthia “Starr” […]
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September 29, 2020
If the Shoe Fits…
My Suddenly Cinderella series focused on four BFFs (Macie, Francesca, Stefanie and Starr) who find their romantic soulmates through sharing a pair of (possibly magical) vintage high heeled shoes first owned by a 1930’s Hollywood starlet has a fresh new look! If you haven’t yet, check out these fun, feel-good stories on Amazon, Nook, iBooks, […]
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August 22, 2020
Happy Birthday, 19th Amendment!
May 22, 2020
The Haunting is OUT in Ebook and Audiobook
My paranormal romance, The Haunting is out in ebook and audiobook with Scribd! Read or listen to the book for free when you sign up for a 30-day free trial.
Set in my former home of Frederickburg, VA, The Haunting is a steamy, second-chance-at-love story — my very favorite kind. Framed for treason by his nemesis, Union army captain Ethan O’Malley is hanged in 1862. Even as he walks toward the Eternal Light, Ethan vows to wait for his beloved Isabel on the Other Side.
Flash forward to present day. American History professor, Dr. Maggie Holliday moves into her dream home in the Fredericksburg Historic District and discovers the diary of Isabel Earnshaw while cleaning the attic. Reading of Isabel’s breathless encounters with a certain dashing Union army captain, Maggie begins to feel as if she’s not reading a stranger’s words but her own. Searching for answers, she encounters a sexy Civil War reenactor squatting in her attic, who insists she’s his Isabel. And that he’s “her” Ethan.
Can these star-crossed lovers find their way back to one another before the portal to the past closes, this time forever?
The inspo for The Haunting, its twisty ending especially, is the film, “Somewhere in Time” with Jane Seymour and Christopher Reeve, a comfort watch I still go back to. The notion that time isn’t linear but layered, more like an onion than a straight line, has always fascinated me. And of course that true love is truly timeless appeals to my incurably romantic heart.
Another reason I so love The Haunting is that my real-life Maine Coon kitty, Willie, appears as Maggie’s (and Isabel’s) beloved fur child. Because, you know, soulmates don’t have to be only two-legged. Willie passed over the Rainbow Bridge in 2014, but he lives on in our hearts–and in these pages.
Enjoy The Haunting and my other books, too. Find my complete book list here.
Hope
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April 4, 2020
Hurry! Get ALL FOUR Suddenly Cinderella Ebooks for 99 Cents/ea thru 4/6
To help ease everyone’s cabin fever, my fab publisher, Entangled has put ALL FOUR of my Suddenly Cinderella series ebooks on sale for 99 cents/each. Now the proverbial clock is ticking – the sale ends Monday, 4/6 at 12 midnight EDT.
Buy now for 99 cents:
Kindle
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iBooks
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March 25, 2020
#TBT Interview with Julia Quinn
This interview with historical romance bestseller Julia Quinn was originally published in RT BOOK Reviews magazine (print edition) as “Sitting Down with Julia Quinn.” An abridged version appears below. Enjoy and happy #TBT!
Interview with Historical Romance Author Julia Quinn
I recently chatted up bestselling historical romance novelist and triple RITA® Award winner, Julia Quinn. Here’s what she had to say about globetrotting on the cheap, the unexpected inspiration of really bad music, and why Happily Ever After really is the best way to go in real life as well as fiction.
Infrequently Known JQ Facts
HCT: You sat down to write your first romance novel when you were a college senior at Harvard and went on to publish your first few novels when you were going back-and-forth in your head about pursuing medical school. Less well known is that in the early ‘90s you worked as a writer and researcher for Let’s Go: Europe. That must have been a fun job. Can you tell us a bit about that?
JQ: It was a terrific job, but I don’t think I’d describe it as fun. Let’s Go: Europe is designed for the budget traveler, so to make sure it contains the most relevant information, researcher/writers are dispatched on strict budgets. I was given airfare and $32 a day to survive on Crete and Cyprus. Trust me when I tell you that $32 a day did not go far even in 1990. I stayed in many youth hostels, survived an infestation of fleas and was propositioned by a monk.
But on the other hand, I learned a tremendous amount about resourcefulness and resilience. It was the first time I’d ever spent more than a week in a non-English-speaking country (most important words in Greek: “Oil,” “Vinegar,” and “Boyfriend in America”), and this was pre-Internet, pre-cell phone. I was truly separated from my friends and family. If I wanted to call home, I had to find a hotel that didn’t charge exorbitant rates and get them to place an international call for me, which might or might not go through.
1990 was also pre-laptop, so I had to do all of my writing and editing by hand. I traveled with a copy of the previous year’s books (both Let’s Go: Europe and Let’s Go: Greece & Turkey), several 8.5 x 11 notebooks, carbon paper, scissors, and a glue stick. Anything I wanted to keep from the previous edition I had to cut carefully from its pages and glue-stick it into the notebook. New stuff I wrote by hand. Oh, and I had to use carbon paper so that I had copies in case my writing got lost in the mail. I’m not sure what we would have done if that had actually happened. The carbon copies were missing all of my glued-in bits. I have a feeling current researcher writers have it a lot easier.
HCT: You were the first romance writer to ever do a book signing at the Borders in Singapore. What does it feel like to meet fans of your books in a culture so different from the U.S. but also from the U.K. where your historical romances are set? Is the language of love and love stories truly universal? Are there any differences, cultural or other, that stand out in memory?
JQ: I visited Singapore in 1999 before my career had really taken off, so I don’t know if I actually had any fans there before my signing! Mostly I remember how grateful everyone was that an American author had taken the time to visit their country and do a book signing. I would love to do more international signings. I have a very active Facebook Fan Page, and I’m constantly amazed at how international my readership is. Sadly, I have not yet managed to convince my publishers that I need to be sent on a world tour. 
March 22, 2020
NEWS! Men of Roxbury House Victorian Romance Trilogy in Audiobook – in Spanish!
My fabulous Barcelona-based publisher, Libros de Seda will release my Men of Roxbury House Victorian romances in audiobook in Spanish. Soon Spanish-speaking historical romance readers in the U.S. as well as Spain and Central America will have the chance to listen to these very special stories. Stay tuned for release dates.
About the Series
Orphans Harry – Hadrian – St. Claire, Patrick O’Rourke, Gavin Carmichael and Daisy Lake meet, and become fast friends, at Roxbury House, a Quaker-run orphanage in Kent. One by one, Fate intervenes to separate the self-avowed inseparables. But friendship and love are their own forces of nature, reuniting the quartet as adults, much-changed by the intervening years, each still haunted by the secrets of the past.
Get the complete series, in Spanish, as kindle ebooks here.
Read the prologue of Vencida – in Spanish – for FREE here.
Reviews
“An intelligent, sexy romance.” – Booklist
“VANQUISHED is a must-read!” – Romance Junkies
“A touching story of salvation and renewal in authentically depicted Victorian London.” – Bestselling author, Madeline Hunter
“Tarr pegs Victorian-era London perfectly! Poignant and romantic…” – Faith V. Smith, RT Book Reviews
BURIED TREASURE. “VANQUISHED is worth searching out. This is a very rich book… I love the late Victorian and Edwardian periods and VANQUISHED really captured the atmosphere of that time.” – All About Romance
FIVE BLUE RIBBONS! “Hope Tarr is simply amazing. With ENSLAVED she has written yet another story that sucks you in and won’t let you go.” – Romance Junkies
“Don’t miss it!” – Romance Reviews Today
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