Rose Lerner's Blog, page 27
February 3, 2014
New contest: “A Lily Among Thorns” by Rose Lerner
To celebrate closing one chapter in my career (one that had a lot of very wonderful things in it, even if it sometimes feels shadowed now by what happened with Dorchester) and opening another, I'm going to give away something very special to me: my very last unused copy of the trade paperback of A Lily Among Thorns.
January 31, 2014
SO MUCH NEWS!
1. WE SOLD MY NEXT BOOK! W00t!!! The book formerly known as Crimson Joy is now titled True Pretenses. Through wit and sheer force of will, Ash Cohen has raised himself and his little brother Rafe out of the London slums and made them (in his unbiased opinion) the best two-man con artist team in […]
December 10, 2013
New contest: “The Lotus Palace” by Jeannie Lin
Jeannie Lin is one of those authors for me where the moment I start the book, I get an immediate sense of rightness and satisfaction, and I continue to feel that way right up until the end. Ending a book in a way that is completely satisfying is one of the most difficult things to […]
November 14, 2013
Themes in British Social History
So a couple of days ago, I was looking at my shelf on Booklikes and saw that they were using the wrong cover for Cecilia Grant’s A Gentleman Undone: a Polish-language scholarly book on medieval history with a distinctly scholarly-book cover (sadly I didn’t take a screenshot and it’s fixed now! Does anyone have one?). […]
October 28, 2013
New contest: “A Wedding in Springtime” by Amanda Forester
Amanda Forester’s new Regency, A Midsummer Bride, is out next week, so I thought this would be a good time to give away a signed copy of the first in her Marriage Mart series (tied together by a society matchmaker), A Wedding in Springtime. I should warn you, if you need 100% historical accuracy to […]
October 21, 2013
Everything’s coming up Rose
Well, almost everything. Here are ten things that happened to me this weekend, most of them fantastic: 1. I attended the Emerald City Writers Conference, run by the Greater Seattle Romance Writers of America, and got to hang out with a bunch of amazing friends and writers and meet some new ones! 2. Sweet Disorder […]
October 17, 2013
Penelope’s lists
This was originally posted on the Dorchester website during my blog tour for In for a Penny. Obviously, the Dorchester website no longer exists. So: Penelope, the heroine of In for a Penny, likes to make lists. Here’s an excerpt from an early scene: ### “I really will try to make you happy,” he said, […]
September 20, 2013
Do you think, after knowing him and hearing him speak, I can mate with such as you?
So. I’ve been reading a lot about Jews in Regency England. And I checked out a book from the library called The People of the Book: Philosemitism in England, from Cromwell to Churchill. Every other book I’ve read has discussed philosemitism as a creepy, fetishizing phenomenon, frequently focusing on the importance of being kind to […]
September 16, 2013
COVER REVEAL: Sweet Disorder!
Look look look, it’s my new cover! Coming from Samhain in March 2014. I’m so happy!
August 12, 2013
New contest: “Unclaimed” by Courtney Milan
It is no surprise that I love stories about sweet, earnest heroes and embittered courtesan heroines. So I have a special place in my heart for Courtney Milan’s incredible Unclaimed, the second book in her Turner brothers series. HER ONLY HOPE FOR SURVIVAL… Handsome, wealthy and respected, Sir Mark Turner is the most sought-after bachelor […]
