A Lump of Sugar, Please…and Two Tea-Inspired September Giveaways!

Are you enjoying the start of the new school year? At the end of summer, I'm just teetering on the brink of craving a schedule again, so September is my month for getting back into my routines. A big part of my day is drinking tea. I'm mad for it! I grew up with an English nanny and an Irish mother, so no wonder.  

My books wouldn't be Regencies without the ritual of drinking tea included somehow. Nothing like a heroine fumbling over the tea tray in the presence of her worried mother, the snooty duchess who lives next door, and the hero (the duchess's son, perhaps?), who is watching our tender heroine's every move from a strategic position at the fireplace mantel.

I could start a story right from there, couldn't I? We could talk it out over a cup of tea! And some delicious chocolate-covered tea biscuits, of course.

:>)

But back to September fun…I'm giving away two tea-inspired gifts on both my Facebook page and on Writerspace.

For Facebook: Click here if you'd like to win the darling teapot and matching cups you see at the top of this post, along with my favorite tea and buscuits.

And for Writerspace: Just click on this contest link and follow the directions to enter my September contest. In anticipation of the November release of If You Give a Girl a Viscount, I'm offering one reader friend a Regency-inspired porcelain tea bag rest along with some "tea time" goodies and a signed copy of Cloudy With a Chance of Marriage, plus a set of my Impossible Bachelor romance trading cards.

Oh, and just in case you're wondering, Joon, my cat, is not included in the Writerspace prize you see here! She likes to pose for prize giveaways, however. Kind of like the models on The Price Is Right:

Thanks for visiting me here today, and I wish you many cozy cups of tea–and romantic Regency tales–this autumn! 

Kieran XOXO