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At last, Australia!

I've received quite a bit of email lately from my readers in Australia, alerting me to extreme difficulties they had, trying to get my Dressmakers series in eBook form. Or any form.

I'm happy to report that most of the glitches appear to have been repaired. Silk is for Seduction and Scandal Wears Satin * are now listed on Amazon Australia. For reasons unknown, the SIFS cover doesn't appear, but I suspect this is another Amazon glitch. (Not the only one: I've noticed that old covers for my boo...

The Vixen in Velvet Tour

In case you missed it on the news page, here's quick recap of my virtual tour, in connection with the recent release of Vixen in Velvet:

At the Kindle blog with talented Avon author Sarah MacLean

Lady Avon interviews me on Avon Romance.

Sarah MacLean and Alene Moroni and I talk about romance in this short video clip from the Avon loves Librarians tea at Book Expo America.

My blog post about 19th century dressmaking at Heroes & Heartbreakers.

At Two Nerdy History Girls, Isabella Bradford asks me t...

Regencies you can listen to

I've mentioned it on the Latest News page, but that's ephemeral, and the blog archives itself. In case you missed it elsewhere:

Isabella, The English Witch, Viscount Vagabond, and Knaves' Wager are now available for your listening pleasure. The Devil's Delilah and The Sandalwood Princess are in production and should be available sometime this month.

Meanwhile, we're working on getting the Carsington series into audio format, too. (Yes, and the eBooks in Australia & New Zealand before too lo...

Vixen in Velvet a Fresh Pick at Fresh Fiction!

June 25, 2014

Hello, World!

Fresh Fiction has chosen Vixen in Velvet as a Fresh Pick.

"The Fresh Pick is chosen by a group of readers and is never a purchased advertisement or promotion. We've picked this book because it appeals to us and we like to share our diverse tastes in reading and hope you'll give it a try."

Terrific news from a wonderful website!

Interview at Two Nerdy History Girls

Today at our Two Nerdy History Girls blog, author and blogging partner Isabella Bradford asks me three trick questions. And you'll find out the story behind this image. Please click here to read the interview.

And that's not all. The e-tour continues tomorrow with my virtual appearance at Heroes & Heartbreakers.

Interview at All About Romance

The e-tour continues. At All About Romance, Dabney asks me some delightfully nerdy questions about the historical background for Vixen in Velvet, and the world of dressmaking in the early 19th century. Add your own comment by Sunday 22 June, and you might win a galley.

In case you missed previous interviews, here's one at USA Today's Happy Ever After blog. And here and here are the two parts of my Q&A with Trisha Sugarek.

Interview at USA Today online

Dream vacation in Italy—the part in Florence

Since Vixen in Velvet will be out in less than two weeks you can expect me to post various notices here about interviews and appearances on blogs.

The latest is at USA Today Happy Ever After, in which romance author Madeline Hunter—whom I met recently at the Romance Writers of America/New England Chapter Annual Conference—interrogates me about Leonie’s story as well as my checkered past, work habits, and dream vacations.

You can read it here at Roma...

Me and my friends at Book Expo

Image courtesy Yale Center for British Art

After a whirlwind journey—well, not exactly, as the traffic on the return trip from NYC gave the term “snail’s pace” new and painful meaning—I’m back at my laptop, staring into space. But before sinking into the world of make-believe, this author has some gratitude to send to all who made my time at Book Expo America so enjoyable and inspiring.

Let’s start with the Avon Tea.
Huge thanks and hugs to the librarians, Avon Addicts, and Avon team of prof...

Live & Virtual Author Tour for Vixen in Velvet

This is the way I like to picture myself writing, but it's a lie.

Since Vixen in Velvet, my newest Dressmakers book, will be out in a matter of weeks, you may find me here and there in the course of a blog mini tour and the occasional live event. This is the brief interval when I get to spend time with my readers and potential readers and maybe some curiosity seekers.

As mentioned elsewhere on the website, I'll be at Book Expo America in NYC. Clicking on the link will give you an idea of ho...

EBooks in Australia

My dear, patient readers in Australia,

First, thank you for taking the time and trouble to let me know you're not able to purchase the digital editions of my recent books. We had assumed that they'd be made available at the same time or close to the time the books became available in the UK. Without your emails, we would have continued in ignorance.

So, emails have been going back and forth and contracts reviewed and a lot of aggravating complications—which make international publishing bear...