So I went to see Crazy Stupid Love last week, so of course Ryan Gosling has to be our Hottie Monday! I've always thought he was a terrific actor, but never really noticed how hot he was before...

Heroine of the Weekend

2011-08-21T08:46:00.000-07:00

So it's been a while since we've had a Heroine, isn't it? I have been a blog slacker. But I'm getting back into regular posts now, starting with today's look at Anne Hutchinson, early champion of women's rights and religious freedom, who died on August 20, 1643.

Anne Marbury was born in 1591 in Lincolnshire, England, the daughter of a dissident Puritan clergyman whose family was a follower of John Cotton. In 1634 they went with him to North America and settled in Massachusetts. (Anne had married William Hutchinson in August 1612, and they took their children with them to the New World).

But things didn't continue very well once settled. Anne held a Bible study and discussion group in her home, which grew more and more popular as she was reputed to be a charismatic speaker and brilliant thinker (it was mostly women who attended at first, but she soon attracted men to her group, including Sir Henry Vane, who was later a governor of Massachusetts). The group grew to over 80 members and attracted the attention of the authoritarian church elders of the colony. At a time of strict uniformity, Anne expressed her own interpretations of the Bible, as well as her concerns about the lack of women's rights and racial prejudice toward the Native Americans. She was brought to trial in 1637, accused of being an "antinomian heretic". Despite being pregnant with her 15th child she was forced to stand before the judges and face their grilling for days on end (she miscarried). They declared "You have stepped out of your place, you have rather been a husband than a wife, a preacher than a hearer, and a magistrate than a subject." She was excommunicated and banished from the colony, moving with some of her followers to Portsmouth in Rhode Island.

Anne's husband died in 1642, and she moved to Eastchester Bay, which was then part of Dutch New Netherlands. Unfortunately she was caught in a dispute between the Dutch and local Native American tribes and was killed in a native raid in 1643. (One daughter, Susanna, survived, reputedly because of her red hair).

...you have no power over my body, neither can you do me any harme, for I am in the hands of the eternall Jehovah my Saviour, I am at his appointment, the bounds of my habitation are cast in heaven, no further doe I esteeme of any mortal man than creatures in his hand, I feare none but the great Jehovah, which hath foretold me of these things, and I doe verily beleeve that he will deliver me out of our hands, therefore take heed how you proceed against me; for I know that for this you goe about to doe to me, God will ruine you and your posterity, and this whole state.

Some sources on her life:
Robert E. Krieger, Anne Hutchinson: Troubler of the Puritan Zion (1980)
Eve LaPlante, American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson (2004)
Selma R. Williams, Divine Rebel: The Life of Anne Marbury Hutchinson (1981)

Heroine of the Weekend

2011-07-30T08:06:00.000-07:00

We haven't had a Heroine in a couple of weeks! So let's take a look at Maria Anna (Nannerl) Mozart, born on July 30, 1751....

Nannerl, the older sister of Wolfgang, was born in Salzburg, and started learning the harpsichord from her father Leopold when she was about 7, along with her brother. The two of them became a sensation on the European musical tour circuit, visiting cities and royal courts. At first Nannerl was the number one star attraction, but as she got older that changed--"from 1768 onwards she was no longer permitted to show her artistic talent on travels with her brother, as she had reached marriageable age." She still played music in private and for friends, and her brother later wrote a few pieces for her. There is some evidence from his letters that she also composed, but none of her works survive. While he went on more tours she stayed home with her parents.

After her father refused to let her marry her first choice (it seems she was not rebellious at all, unlike her brother!) she married an older, well-to-do magistrate named Johann Sonnenburg, who was already twice widowed and had 5 children. She had three of her own, two daughters (one of whom died in infancy) and a son, who was raised by her father for his first two years. When her husband died in 1801 she returned to Salzburg with her children and taught music. She seems to have lived quietly for the rest of her life, though she did connect with her brother's widow and son later on.

Some sources on her life:
A novel by Alison Bauld, Mozart's Sister (2005)
Maynard Solomon, Mozart: A Life (1995)
Jane Glover, Mozart's Women (2005)

Wednesday

2011-07-20T07:52:00.001-07:00

Here's a little something to help me get over the middle-of-the-week doldrums--my fantasy car (plus Richard Hammond, my secret Brit boyfriend....I watched a lot of Top Gear while I was sick...)

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Hottie Monday

2011-07-18T07:03:00.000-07:00

Because I was watching Zen on 'Mystery" last night, today's Hottie is Rufus Sewell....

Blog Tour

2011-07-17T06:49:00.000-07:00

No Heroine this weekend (stay tuned next weekend!) but I am on a blog tour with Paula Quinn and Sue-Ellen Welfonder, so be sure and visit me on these sites to comment and win fun stuff!!

July 18:

www.seducedbyabook.com

www.lovetoreadforfun. com

http://maryinhb.blogspot.com

http://www.thebookgirl.net

http://www.reneesreads.blogspot.com/

http://simplystacie.net

http://brokenteepee.com

http://cuzinlogic.wordpress.com

http://blog.readaholic.info

http://booksandmakeup.blogspot.com

http://blog.readaholic.info

http://justanothernewblog.blogspot.com

July 19

http://shamelessromancereviews.blogspot.com

mybookaddictionandmore.wordpress.com

July 20

http://saveyspender.com

www.sosaloha.blogspot.com

http://bodicerippernovels.wordpress.com

http://ashleysbookshelf.blogspot.com

July 21

http://readingwithstyle.blogspot.com

http://asthepagesturn.blogspot.com

July 22

http://inthehammockblog.blogspot.com

Hangingwithbells.blogspot.com

http://onebookshy.blogspot.com

http://teddyrose.blogspot.com/

July 23

http://marthasbookshelf.blogspot.com/

July 24

http://thefictionenthusiast.blogspot.com

sexywomenread.blogspot.com

http://juniperrbreeeze.blogspot.com/

rexrobotreviews.com

http://thecottagebookshelf.blogspot.com/

2011-01-27T10:26:00.001-08:00

New Cover!

2011-01-26T07:20:00.000-08:00

I always get so excited when a new cover comes in! This is for a 1920s-set "Undone" story out in April. An exotic Gatsby-esque party, where a daring woman won't settle for anything less than getting the man she loves...

Tuesday

2011-01-25T07:20:00.000-08:00

At the Riskies, of course! Talking about Oscar noms, Burns Day, Anne Boleyn, and Burns Day...

Hottie Monday

2011-01-24T06:39:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago I did a Random Hottie Monday, and one of the pics that popped up was actor/model Jamie Dornan (who played Count Fersen in Marie Antoinette, and is Keira Knightley's ex. Lucky girl). I thought we'd take a closer look today. Happy Monday, everyone!

Heroine of the Weekend

2011-01-23T07:17:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the weekend, everyone! Sorry it's been so quiet this week--I've been scrambling to finish a project and get back to the WIP, but I'm glad to take a break and celebrate this weekend's Heroine, opera singer Rosa Ponselle, who was born on January 22, 1897. (When I was a kid, I got hooked on opera, and my grandparents had a vast collection of old records! One of them was of Ponselle, and had a glamorous photo of her on the cover. I loved it).

Ponselle was born Rosa Ponzillo, the youngest of 3 children of Italian immigrants, in Connecticut. Her gorgeous voice was obvious at a very young age, and she sang on any possible occasion despite very little training. Her sister was a cabaret singer, and through her Rosa found work as a silent movie accompanist. She would sing ballads to entertain the audience while the reels were changed, and by 1914 she had a job at the San Carlino theater which led her to vaudeville along with her sister. "Those Tailored Italian Girls" as they were known were a big hit on the vaudeville circuit. After leaving the act, she met with an agent/voice teacher who persuaded the famous tenor Enrico Caruso to hear her sing. He was so deeply impressed with her talent, he arranged for her to audition at the Metropolitan Opera, which led to a contract for the 1918-19 season. From vaudeville to grand opera in a few short years!

She made her debut on Nov. 15, 1918 as Leonora in La forza del destino opposite Caruso, her very first opera performance of any sort. The stage fright that would plague her for her whole career almost derailed her at first, but she rallied to an enormous success. The New York Times declared "she possesses a voice of natural beauty that may prove a gold mine...with its luscious lower and middle tones, dark, rich, and ductile, brilliant in the upper register." She went on that season to perform in Cavalleria rusticana, Oberon, and premier of Breil's The Legend (an opera she said would "stink up a cat box").

She was put under a long-term contract at the Met and scored triumphs in La Juive, William Tell, Aida, Don Carlos, and many others. In 1927 she debuted in what many considered her greatest role in Bellini's Norma. She also had a busy concert career, traveling from coast to coast, but she rarely performed at other opera houses aside from a few appearances at Covent Garden, where she made her debut as Violetta, and once in Florence (she declined to appear at La Scala, after seeing the harsh treatment the uber-picky audiences there doled out!). In 1935, she sang her first Carmen (by this time her upper register had started to fade, and she did better in the mezzo roles). She sang for the last time on an opera as Carmen in Cleveland on April 22, 1937. She had already parted with the Met over contract disagreements.

In 1936 she married a wealthy man from Baltimore, Carle Jackson, with whom she built a luxurious home in Maryland called Villa Pace, where she retired. The marriage didn't last, and the rocky breakup caused a nervous breakdown. Once she recovered she never sang in public again, though she would perform for her friends, and in 1954 RCA Victor made recordings of her at her home. She helped found the Baltimore Civic Opera Company and taught promising singers, including Beverly Sills and Placido Domingo. She died of bone marrow cancer at Villa Pace on May 25, 1981.

A few sources on her life:
James A. Drake, Rosa Ponselle: A Centenary Biography (1997)
Mary Jane Phillips-Matz, Rosa Ponselle: American Diva (1997)
Rosa Ponselle with James A. Drake, Rosa Ponselle: A Singer's Life (1982)

Fashion Monday

2011-01-17T07:31:00.000-08:00

I'll be back next week with our regularly scheduled Hottie Monday, but since the Golden Globes were last night of course I have opinions! :) I thought it was the most interesting red carpet in a while, and here are a few I either loved/liked/liked with reservations. (Being a total sucker for princessy/sparkly, my favorite was Olivia Wilde)

I kinda wish Christina Hendricks had just taken that flower off the shoulder, and I like Emma Stone's red hair better, but they look lovely! And I know Natalie Portman has taken some flack for her pink frock, but I think she looks pretty and glow-y....

A few I didn't like so much: Sandra Bullock, Julianna Moore, Angelina Jolie (her dress has gotten much praise today, but I thought it was rather--matronly), and Halle Berry (she herself looked stunning, as always, but the dress seemed to say "trying too hard", when she has no need to try at all!)

What did you think???

Heroine of the Weekend

2011-01-16T07:38:00.000-08:00

Our Heroine of the Weekend is a bit late today, thanks to my birthday festivities yesterday! If we have to get older, we might as well have some fun doing it, and I had a lovely lunch out and a dinner with family and friends. Now back to work today! :)

Our Heroine is Sonya (or Sofia) Kovalevsky, a Russian mathematician born on January 15, 1850. She was born in Moscow, the middle of 3 children of an officer in the Imperial Army and a scholarly mother. Her parents encouraged her early love of mathematics and hired tutors for her. Her sister was also gifted, and published a story in a magazine edited by Dostoevsky. But higher education in Russia was closed to her, so in order to go abroad to a university (a woman required permission from a father or husband to do this, and her father did not want her to go) she contracted a (possibly fake) marriage to Vladimir Kovalesvky, a paleontology student who would later work with Darwin. She left Russia with him in 1867 to attend the University of Heidelberg.

Later the couple would visit London and become involved in intellectual circles, including being regulars at the salon of George Eliot. After 2 years at Heidelberg Sonya went on to Berlin to continue her studies and research of her own on such subjects as partial differential equations and elliptic integrals (I am not even sure what these are...), and earned her doctorate in mathematics at a high when most women never even considered higher education. Her dissertation on partial differential equations is now known as the Cauchy-Kovalevski theorem.

She and her husband then returned to Russia but couldn't find professorships because they were considered radicals for their political beliefs and their time in Germany. They returned to Germany, where a daughter Sofia, of "Fufa," was born. After a few separations, Sonya left her daughter in the care of her sister and left her husband for good. In 1883 he committed suicide. Sonya went on to secure a teaching position in Stockholm and in 1884 became editor of Acta Mathematica. In 1888 she won the Prix Bordin of the French Academy of Science and the next year was appointed Professor Ordinarius at Stockholm University, possibly the first woman to hold such a position. She was also later granted a Chair in the Russian Academy of Sciences, but never given a professorial position in her own country.

She died in 1891 in Stockholm at the age of 41.

A few sources on her life include:
Her own memoir, A Russian Childhood
Ann Hibner Koblitz, A Convergence of Lives: Sofia Kovalevskaya--Scientist, Writer, Revolutionary (1983)
A novel by Joan Spicci, Beyond the Limit (2002)

New Book!

2011-01-14T06:48:00.000-08:00

I have an essay (about what it's like dating as a single romance writer) in this book, which is out just in time for Valentine's Day! I can't WAIT to read the other stories...

Tuesday Tuesday

2011-01-11T07:17:00.000-08:00

Happy Tuesday everyone! I'm over at the Riskies today, talking about a great book I just read and announcing a brand new Laurel McKee series (yay!)

And Thomas Hardy died on this day in 1928. Here is his poem "The Darkling Thrush":


I LEANT upon a coppice gate
When Frost was spectre-gray,
And Winter's dregs made desolate
The weakening eye of day.

The tangled bine-stems scored the sky
Like strings of broken lyres,
And all mankind that haunted nigh
Had sought their household fires.

The land's sharp features seem'd to be
The Century's corpse outleant,
His crypt the cloudy canopy,
The wind his death-lament.
The ancient pulse of germ and birth
Was shrunken hard and dry,
And every spirit upon earth
Seem'd fervourless as I.

At once a voice arose among
The bleak twigs overhead
In a full-hearted evensong
Of joy illimited;
An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small,
In blast-beruffled plume,
Had chosen thus to fling his soul
Upon the growing gloom.

So little cause for carollings
Of such ecstatic sound
Was written on terrestrial things
Afar or nigh around,
That I could think there trembled through
His happy good-night air
Some blessèd Hope, whereof he knew
And I was unaware.

Hottie Monday

2011-01-10T07:17:00.001-08:00

Last week at Risky Regencies I talked about my new WIP. a story set in Scotland at the court of Mary Queen of Scots, and the way I make character collages and soundtracks, etc (it's important research, really!!). I always like to find inspirations for the characters, and for this book Henry Cavill is the hero. So I thought he deserved his very own Hottie Monday, don't you? (I love that first pic--it looks like contemporary romance cover to me...)

Heroine of the Weekend

2011-01-08T07:54:00.000-08:00

Since we had our first Hottie Monday of the year this week, we have to follow up with the first Heroine of the Weekend for 2011! Our Heroine is dancer and choreographer Bronislava Nijinska, born on January 8, 1891.

Bronislava was usually overshadowed by her more famous/notorious brother Vaslav Nijinksy, but she had a great career in her own right. She was born in Minsk, the third child of dancers, and was 4 when she made her dancing debut, and at 7 was accepted (along with her brother) to the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg. She studied there for 7 years and graduated with honors, becoming a dancer at the famed Marinsky Theater in 1908. She stayed there until 1910 (resigning when her brother was kicked out of the company), when she was invited by Serge Diaghilev to join his revolutionary Ballets Russes in Paris. There she became a choreographer as well as a dancer, studying under Michel Fokine and creating roles in ballets such as Petrouchka and Carnival.

In 1913 there was a short-lived attempt to create a company with her brother, and she returned to Russia the next year, creating her first ballet Tabakerka, and after the war opened her own school in Kiev, where her star pupil was Serge Lifar. She left Russia in 1921 to rejoin the Ballets Russes as choreographer, working with Stravinsky on some of her ballets such as Renard (1922) and Les Noces (1923). Her best known work was Le Train Bleu, a ballet about Paris Society on the Riviera, which utilized stylized games of tennis, golf, and beachy, modern costumes (she took a role in the debut as well). Chanel did the costumes, Milhaud the music, and Picasso the stage designs. It was great hit and watershed in the modern arts. (She had also appeared in another modern landmark, her brother's production of L'apres midi d'un faune, and went on to be his guardian and protector as he lived out his life in madness).

In the late '20s and 1930s she moved from company to company, including her own Polish Ballets of Paris, and also directed the choreography of the film version of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935). In 1938 she moved to Los Angeles and opened her own school as well as collaborating with such companies as American Ballet Theater and the Royal Ballet in London. Her students included Cyd Charisse and Maria Tallchief, among others.

In her private life, Nijinska was married twice, to dancer Alexander Kochetovsky, with whom she had 2 children Leo and Irina (who also became a dancer), but her true love was opera singer Feodor Chaliapin, though they never married. She died in California on February 22, 1972.

Some sources on her life:
Irina Nijinska, ed. Bronislava Nijinska: Early Memoirs
Nancy Van Norman Baer, Bronislava Nijinska: A Dancer's Legacy

Birthday Friday

2011-01-07T01:10:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we looked at Joan of Arc's birthday--today, it's my father's day. Happy Birthday, Dad!

Happy Birthday Joan of Arc!

2011-01-06T00:08:00.000-08:00

January 6, 1412 is the (legendary) birthday of Joan of Arc! Click here for more info on her fascinating, famous life....

Risky Tuesday

2011-01-04T07:14:00.001-08:00

Starting off the New Year with a new Risky post! What are your resolutions??

Hottie Monday

2011-01-03T07:14:00.000-08:00

It's 2011 now, everyone! Time for me to stop eating Christmas candy, put away the ornaments, and get back to work. It's also time for a little random New Year Hottie Monday to start us off right...

(And if there's anyone you'd especially like to see featured on Hottie Monday in the future, let me know!)

Happy New Year!

2010-12-31T06:10:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year's Eve, everyone! Here's hoping you have a wonderful 2011, full of great reads. (I will be back next week with regularly scheduled blogs...)

End of Year Fashion

2010-12-28T00:13:00.000-08:00

I always love it when InStyle magazine does their Best Dresses of the year feature! It's fun to remember looks I liked from earlier in the year, so I decided to give it a try myself. Here are just a few of the fashions I loved in 2010 (I'm sure I'm forgetting some). I have to say, I think Cate Blanchett in that McQueen eagle gown at Cannes was probably my favorite (though I also love Michelle Obama in that vintage Norell)...

What were some fashions you liked this year???

Happy Christmas!

2010-12-24T00:08:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend, full of friends, family, good food, and wonderful books to read! I will be back next week with a favorite End of the Year fashions blog, right after I recover from my family's "traditional" Christmas Eve of Indian tacos and my father's famous margaritas...

Winners!

2010-12-17T17:11:00.001-08:00

Thanks so much to all the commenters on yesterday's Harlequin Historical Advent Calendar post! You're all in the pool to win the Kindle, and the winner of my own prize--a hot cocoa and book basket for the cold winter evenings!--is CassandraR!

And the winner of a free download of To Court Capture and Conquer is--Leona!

Tis the season for reading! Please send your mailing info to me at Amccabe7551 AT yahoo.com

Harlequin Historical Contest!

2010-12-16T00:08:00.000-08:00

Happy Jane Austen Birthday, everyone! (Also, Beethoven's birthday. And my mom's, which reminds me I need to go buy her a present before this evening...) I'm so excited today is my day on the big Harlequin Historical Advent Calendar contest. First things first--go to my website and read the instructions for entering. Your comments here will put you in the running for the grand prize of a Kindle, as well as my own prize of a Cozy Winter Evening--cocoa, china mugs to drink it in, biscuits from my local British supply store, and a signed book! You can have your pick of any of the books on the sidebar of this blog, just let me know which you would like in the comments. (It can be either an Amanda or Laurel book. You can also "Like" my Facebook page, Amanda McCabe Books. And I have another contest going on this blog--just scroll down a couple of entries...)

Good luck, and thanks for visiting!

Duchess Tour Stop

2010-12-15T00:08:00.000-08:00

And the Duchess of Sin Blogathon is at the Borders True Romance blog today! Come bye and say hello--then I won't feel too lonely :)

And since my mother's birthday is tomorrow, I must go shopping and find the right present. Any suggestions???

Risky Tuesday

2010-12-14T07:07:00.000-08:00

At the Riskies today with my Jane Austen Week post (and a prize!) How is your holiday season going??

Blogs and Blogs

2010-12-08T14:37:00.000-08:00

At the RT Blog today! (and because it's getting busy here, I'm expanding the Undone contest to next weekend, the 18th...)

Wedding Celebration

2010-12-07T11:40:00.000-08:00

I'm talking about my royal wedding obsession at the Riskies today! And since I feel in the mood to celebrate, I'm also having an impromptu contest--one commenter will receive a free download of my latest "Undone" story, To Court Capture and Conquer! Just tell me your favorite royal moment, and I will announce a winner this weekend...

Monday Blogs

2010-12-06T07:23:00.000-08:00

I'm at not one but two blogs today! SOS Aloha (with Nicola Cornick) and the History Hoydens. Come and say hi--it's a great break from holiday craziness...

Happy Hanukkah!

2010-12-03T10:00:00.000-08:00

A few days ago I went to a friend's beautiful party to celebrate the start of Hanukkah! I'm afraid I shamefully gorged myself on the sufganiyot (the traditional jelly-filled donuts--the oil used to fry them reminds us of the miracle of the lamp oil in the Temple), and here is the recipe in case you want to throw a Hanukkah party yourself!

25 grams (1 ounce) yeast
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 Tbsp. water
1 Tbsp. flour
3 cups flour
50 grams (1/4 cup) margarine, melted
dash of salt
3 Tablespoons sugar
2 egg yolks
1 1/4 cups water (room temperature)
jelly (strawberry is recommended)
oil for frying (canola is recommended)
powdered sugar

Preparation:

1. To make the dough: Combine the first four ingredients in a bowl. Mix well, cover, and wait until it rises. In another bowl, mix 3 cups of flour with the melted margarine, salt, sugar and egg yolks. Combine the yeast mixture with the flour mixture. Slowly add water while stirring. When batter is smooth, cover the bowl with a towel and let it sit and rise.
2. To make the doughnuts: After the batter has risen, pour it onto a floured surface and roll it out. Use a glass with a small opening to cut out circles of the dough. Place a drop of jelly in the middle of each circle, and then cover with another circle of dough. Make sure that 2 circles attach well to form a closed ball with jelly in the middle. Cover the doughnuts with a towel and let rise.
3. To fry the doughnuts: Heat oil in a deep pot until very hot. Drop the doughnuts into the oil and fry on both sides until brown. Remove with a slotted spoon and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

TIP: These sufganiot are only good fresh. After you make the dough, only fry a few at a time. Store the rest of the dough in the refrigerator.

Blog Tour

2010-11-29T00:10:00.000-08:00

The month of December is shaping up to be super-busy, so I am going on a hiatus of regular blogging activity! At the end of the month, I'll be back with Hottie Mondays and Heroines of the Weekend. For now, I'm on a blog tour promoting Duchess of Sin, so be sure and visit me on some of these fun sites! (I'm also extending the contest on my own Laurel site for a few days...)

Don't forget! Books make wonderful holiday gifts!

11/29/2010 http://thebooktree.blogspot.com

11/29/2010 htttp://www.renees-reads.blogspot.com

11/29/2010 http://simplystacie.net

11/29/2010 http://theromancereviews.blogspot.com/

11/29/2010 http://ashleysbookshelf.blogspot.com

11/29/2010 http://threeboysandanoldlady.blogspot.com/

11/29/2010 http://yankeeromancereviewers.blogspot.com/

11/29/2010 www.kmomjdk.blogspot.com

11/29/2010 www.mybookaddictionandmore.wordpress.com

11/29/2010 http://dreyslibrary.blogspot.com

11/29/2010 http://nhertel85.blogspot.com

11/29/2010 http://dkay401-challenges.blogspot.com/

11/29/2010 http://marthasbookshelf.blogspot.com/

11/30/2010 http://theseasonforromance.com/

11/30/2010 http://SimplyAli.blogspot.com

11/30/2010 http://maryinhb.blogpsot.com

11/30/2010 http://cuzinlogic.wordpress.com

11/30/2010 http://paranormalromanticsuspensereviews.blogspot.com

11/30/2010 http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com

12/1/2010 http://www.libslibrary.blogspot.com

12/2/2010 http://mindingspot.blogspot.com

12/2/2010 www.becksbookpicks.blogspot.com

12/3/2010 www.thebookgirl.net

12/3/2010 http://www.rundpinne.com

12/3/2010 http://chrissysworldofbooks.blogspot.com/

12/5/2010 http://martasmeanderings.blogspot.com

12/5/2010 http://bridget3420.blogspot.com

12/5/2010 http://j-rabbits-corner.blogspot.com

12/5/2010 http://booksandmakeup.blogspot.com

12/6/2010 http://www.kballard87.blogspot.com

12/6/2010 http://sosaloha.blogspot.com

12/7/2010 www.rexrobotreviews.com

12/7/2010 http://justanothernewblog.blogspot.com

12/7/2010 http://inthehammockblog.blogspot.com

12/9/2010 http://bookslikebreathing.blogspot.com

12/9/2010 www.tarmyblogspot.blogspot.com

12/10/2010 www.lovetoreadforfun.com

12/10/2010 http://onebookshy.blogspot.com

12/10/2010 http://startingfreshnyc.com/

2010-11-12T00:13:00.000-08:00

Nancy Mitford by Mogens Tvede...

Winner!

2010-11-09T07:41:00.000-08:00

The winner of Regency Christmas Proposals is...Ammy Belle! Please email me at Amccabe7551 AT yahoo.com with your snail mail info.

I'll be having a giveaway next month of my December Laurel McKee release, Duchess of Sin, so be sure and stay tuned!

(And I'm at the Riskies today, talking about historical trivia...)

Random Hottie Monday

2010-11-08T06:21:00.000-08:00

A little Random Hottieness to start our week! (Plus a few more hours to win a copy of Regency Christmas Proposals! Scroll down to comment on the post for a chance to win...)