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Category Archives: Holiday Goodness

New Contest! Victorian Goodness Galore

To celebrate the digital release of my Victorian-set TEMPTING as well as February as Valentine’s month, I am launching a new contest now through February 29th. To qualify, you must: –Purchase one ebook copy of TEMPTING, currently available on Kindle, Nook, Smashwords and ARe for just 99 cents. –Leave a comment here (as in this [...]

Tempting’s Second Chance at Love

Anyone who’s read my romance novels, historical or contemporary likely knows how I adore second chance at love stories. The opportunity to get things right the second time around, what’s not to love? First published by Berkley/Jove in 2002, TEMPTING was nominated for a RT BOOK Reviews Award for Best Unusual Historical and was featured [...]

A LONG FATAL LOVE CHASE & Lady Jane’s

A hasty, ill-advised marriage to a fiendish rake, a doomed devotion between a handsome young priest and the lovely, desperate girl he’s befriended… No, not Collen McCullough’s THE THORN BIRDS but A LONG FATAL LOVE CHASE by Louisa May Alcott. Written in 1866 a few years before Alcott’s revered classic, LITTLE WOMEN, A LONG FATAL [...]

It’s Beginning to Feel A Lot Like Christmas…

Can the winter holidays be upon us already!?! To help get in the holiday swing, please take two ticks and check out these contemporary and historical Christmas romance releases. Print copies may or may not be available but all are available as digital releases on Kindle and Nook. And if you’re in the NYC area, [...]

September Lady Jane’s Salon

Summer may be nearly over, but at Lady Jane’s we’re carrying the sizzle into fall. Join us on Monday, September 5th–yes, Labor Day–7:00-9:00PM at Madame X. Our featured guest authors are: Miranda Neville, Anne Herendeen & Katherine Ashe. Authors books available for sale and signing on site. Admission is $5 dollars or one gently-used paperback [...]

Happy Bastille Day

July 14th is Bastille Day, the day set aside for celebrating French independence, or the day Parisians stormed The Bastille, that bastion of l’Ancien Regime. No more Lettres de Cachet, no more near feudal era serfdom, no more aristocrats hoarding all the good food and wine. I’ll be lifting a glass of champers to my [...]

Happy Independence Day Weekend

Last Monday’s Super Special Lady Jane’s Salon was that (and more), the national Romance Writers of America Conference here in NYC was one of the best ever, and now we’re coming up on a long–and hopefully leisurely–holiday weekend. Ahhh… Look for video and a brief recap of Lady Jane’s coming soon. For now… Happy Fourth [...]

Happy Second Birthday, Lady Jane!

On Monday, February 7th, 7-9 PM my fellow co-founders (Leanna Renee Hieber, Ron Hogan, Maya Rodale), and I celebrate the second anniversary of Lady Jane’s Salon at our beloved Madame X. It’s hard to believe! Joining us in ringing in the Big 0-2 are guest authors Courtney Milan, Lauren Willig, and Caridad Ferrer. Guest emcee, [...]

Lady Jane’s Salon: Welcome to a New Year

If you’re in the New York City tri-state area for the New Year holiday, please join us on Monday, January 3rd for Lady Jane’s Salon. Our guest readers this month are three great historical authors: Lisbeth Eng, KT Grant and Delilah Marvelle. Visit the Lady Jane web site for event details. Wishing you a healthy, [...]

The Joy of Giving Something…

I first met Sally Andersen-Bruce in 2002 in Denver, Colorado at the launch ceremony for “Neuter/Spay,” the humane educational stamp series for which I had campaigned nationally since 1996. Sally was the stamp photographer for Neuter/Spay, and when we met just prior to the ceremony I immediately recognized a kindred soul. Most recently, Sally photographed [...]