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Silk is for Seduction news

I forgot to brag.

Silk is for Seduction made the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists.

It also garnered starred reviews from Booklist and Library Journal...
as well as...
A great review at Heroes & Heartbreakers  and a Top Pick (with 4-1/2 stars) at RT Book Reviews Magazine.

Lord of Scoundrels now only $0.99!

Yes it's true.

From today through 27 July, you can get the Kindle edition of Lord of Scoundrels for only $0.99.

Latest foreign editions

Left:  French edition of Last Night's Scandal.
Right: Slovak edition of Lord of Scoundrels.





 



 Below:  Spanish edition of Don't Tempt Me.

A remnant of Northumberland House

The hero of Silk is for Seduction requiring a domicile in Town, I looked around early 19th century London for a little something suitable for a duke.  I'd already moved characters from previous books into St. James's Square, so that was getting crowded.  Where, then?  Berkeley Square?  Nope.  I'd already stuck a family there.  Somewhere overlooking one of the parks? Nice, but none of the houses

Silk is for Seduction Reviews

Some very nice reviews have been posted for the new book:

At Long and Short Reviews, you'll also get a chance to vote on Saturday & Sunday in their weekend poll.  Check in here on Saturday & Sunday, to find out about it.

Fresh Fiction

Eye on Romance

Interview for Silk is for Seduction

Not Another Romance Blog has posted an interview with me.  Please comment for a chance to win a signed copy of Silk is for Seduction.

Fashions Marcelline would have seen at Longchamp

DESCRIPTION OF PLATES

(No. 9—Costume De Long-champs; Walking Dress.—The plate represents one of the most distingué toilettes brought out for the fashionable promenade of LongChamps. The hat is of toile de soie; the front rather deeper, and longer at the sides, than those that have been worn lately. At the sides it sits close to the face, but at the same time is rather evasive. The crown is

White wedding dresses before Victoria

My story in the recently released Royal Weddings anthology is set on the eve of Queen Victoria's wedding in 1840.  Many people believe that Queen Victoria was the first to wear a white wedding dress.  This is simply not the case.  Brides were wearing white long before this, and 19th century periodicals offer ample evidence.  Here are some examples.  Here's more.

And here's another, from

Why it's so hard to get those e-Books outside the U.S.

For all my readers outside the U.S. who are wondering why it's still so hard—or impossible—to get books in digital form, this New York Times article offers some insight. 

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Recent foreign editions

Just thought I'd share two covers from abroad that arrived recently, both for Your Scandalous Ways, my Venice-set book.
 I scanned the spine on this Czech version to show the way the cover art flows into it.  I wonder if this cover has appeared elsewhere:  Amid the flowery lace is written 92 Pino.  Does anyone remember seeing this picture before? 
 
And here's the German edition: