Weekend Links

 Happy after-Valentine's Day, everyone!  I bought my half-off chocolates yesterday, and am settling in for a snowy day today with books, sweets, and some BritBox cozy murder.  Hope you're all doing the same (with whatever shows you love to watch!)  In the meantime, here's some reading to distract you....

(Also, there's a few more days to enter the Gilded Age giveaway!  I'll be announcing a winner this weekend)

Yes, it's sadly true that Harlequin Historical (my romance publisher) is closing the line!  I will have one more title out with them, The Dollar Princess Dilemma, in August, but will then be pivoting mostly to mysteries)

American Girl is having a midlife crisis (I had a Samantha doll and loved her so much!  I was always disappointed with the turn the brand took after being acquired by Mattel)

Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell are coming to Broadway in "Much Ado About Nothing"  (I would love to see this so much)

Welcome to the gothennaisance

A new Gainsborough show at the Frick (something else I would love to see)

Why 2026 is the year you should visit Venice (who am I to argue??)

February 10, 1840 was Queen Victoria's wedding--here's a look at her gown, which launched a billion white wedding gowns

The gold Henry VIII/Katherine of Aragon love token is secured for the British Museum

"Wuthering Heights is not a difficult book"

And on that note, the absolutely bonkers costumes of the new WH

Katherine O'Hara was the queen of kooky costumes (RIP you wonderful genius)

Book giveaway time!

 Hello!!  I was cleaning out a few books, and found I have 2 copies of the Mrs. Astor book!  I will be giving it away, along with 2 of my own Gilded Age-set books and a cute Jane Austen bookmark.  Just sign up for my newsletter here (if you're already signed up, you're in the drawing).  Watch this space for more giveaways as the cleaning resumes!

Book Launch and Holiday Giveaway

 Happy week after Thanksgiving!  We still have turkey left over in our fridge (I think it's time to make the soup) and the tree is decorated, yay!  (The dogs are loving their Advent calendar, a new treat a day).  In the meantime, my dear friend Kathy L Wheeler and I have a book launch.  This is volume 4 (and the last one) in our Regency Gaming Hell Christmas series, and I have loved this project so much,,,

 I am also having a holiday read giveaway!  (I was cleaning out some boxes of books and have soooo many copies left).  Just shoot me an email (amccabe7551 AT yahoo.com) or sign up for my newsletter to enter.  I will announce a winner this weekend and mail it out Monday, in time for your winter reading

Giveaway Time

 

Happy August, everyone!!!  Since it's Jane Austen's 250th birthday year (and because I found some cool stuff) we are having a giveaway.  Enter to win a tin of P&P tea, a Regency coloring book, a bar of Jane Austen soap, and one of my own signed Regencies by singing up for my newsletter here  (if you're already signed up, you're already entered!)

Happy Regency days!

(Post) Weekend Links and a Giveaway!

 Happy almost-June, everyone!  I hope you had a lovely Memorial Day weekend and are ready for the warmer weather.  We had a bit of surprise hail yesterday, but most of my veggie plants survived, and I've been buried in writing-land so there will be time for outdoor concerts and restaurant patios asap.

To start off the summer, I have a giveaway for newsletter subscribers!  A box of books and movies (Regency-themed).  If you're already subscribed, you're automatically entered!  If not, you can subscribe here...  (I'm very lazy, so the newsletter is very infrequent!  It's mostly book news and more giveaways)

I also have a July 22 release I am VERY excited about!  My first historical fiction, centered around a fascinating woman in mid-century history (Millicent Rogers) and my favorite place on earth, Taos, New Mexico, where she made her last home and where you can find her eponymous museum.  More about this book soon!!!  (You can pre-order here)

In the glittering world of mid-century America, Millicent Rogers is a woman ahead of her time—Standard Oil heiress, fashion icon, patron of the arts, wife, mother, lover to men like Ian Fleming and Clark Gable. Her beauty and intelligence captivate the world. But behind the scenes, she harbors secrets of ill health and loneliness that only one person knows—her secretary Violet Redfield. A quiet but artistic woman who left her Iowa farm family to pursue dreams of being a writer, Violet navigates a delicate balance between devotion to Millicent and her own dreams of independence.

As their lives become intertwined in a tangle of love, betrayal, and ambition, both women must confront the hidden costs of their powerful alliance. From lavish Hollywood parties to the mountains of bohemian Taos, Secretary to the Socialite explores this intricate bond between a woman of privilege and the one who keeps her world from falling apart.

In this captivating, immersive historical novel, two women from very different worlds find themselves at a crossroads where loyalty and personal desires collide, and where their choices could alter the course of their lives forever...

And a few things for your reading pleasure this week!

Marie Antoinette's pink diamond is up for auction

Jane Austen inspired decor

Audrey Hepburn's Givenchy gown to be sold at Sotheby's

The real Queen Charlotte

Young adults embrace Jane Austen "to escape modern dating"

"I cooked like Jane Austen..."

Giveaway!

 New year, new--sort of a clean out!  My bookshelves and closets are bursting.  So here's the first one.  You can enter several ways:

Friend me on Facebook, or like my page (amandamccabebooks)

Sign up for newsletter

Follow me on TikTok or IG (amandamccabeauthor)

Leave a comment here

That's it!!  Thanks for helping me (somewhat) declutter...

Sunday Giveaway!

One last giveaway for this week!  Today I have two copies of one of my out-of-print titles from 2005, Lady Midnight.  I loved writing this one--it was very influenced by all the Gothic novels I gobbled up when I was a kid.  (and watch for it in e-book later this year!)

This one was an RT Reviewer’s Choice Award nominee (Best Historical Mystery/Gothic) and a Bookseller’s Best Award finalist/winner, Long Historical

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A courtesan in training...

Everyone that Katerina held dear has perished in a tempest off the coast of Italy.  With not a penny to her name, she knows she must travel far to forge a new life.  No one would ever accept her if they learned that her mother was Lucrezia Bruni, the infamous courtesan who was breeding young Katerina to fill her shoes someday...

A governess in hiding...

Still mourning his late wife, Michael Lindley knows life must go on--and that his little sister and daughter need a woman's nurturing.  When a dark-eyed beauty alights on his doorstep, claiming to be a widowed governess, Michael feels a fire rekindle in him that he thought snuffed out long ago.  And in Katerina, who thought her capacity to love had gone down with the ship, there flares a yearning only Michael can subdue....

Giveaway Day 2!

Every day this week to re-launch this blog, I am going to be giving away a copy of some of my backlist books!  (also in a quest to at least somewhat clean out my garage...)  Next weekend, I will announce winners for each day.  Comment every day for a chance to win!

Today's giveaway--two books from the "Diamonds of Welbourne Manor" series!  The original anthology, and a copy of The Shy Duchess....

What are your very favorite connected series????

It's Alive! And Giveaway Week

I have just woken up from my winter hibernation to see that there are lilacs in my backyard!  And sun, and green grass!  At last!  I have also just realized I have been a terrible blogger, not even visiting here since (gasp!) January.  So much is happening, though, that I have decided to revive this blog and post at least once a week about life and love, chocolatinis, books, Sleepy Hollow--y'know, all the important stuff.

To get started (and because I also just cleaned out my garage and found boxes and boxes full of old copies of my books), I am going to launch a week's worth of giveaways.  Every day a different book.  Today, we'll start with signed copies of my "Muses of Mayfair" trilogy!

The Chase Muses!  Three adventure-loving sisters find dashing rakes to wed!

Meet Calliope (the sensible one), Clio (the intellectual one), and Thalia (the beautiful one--and the one her sisters always underestimate!), three daughters of a famous antiquarian in Regency England, and their three handsome suitors.  I loved writing these books, since I always wanted a sister of my own (and always had a fascination with archaeology!)

I'll be giving away a complete signed set of the Muses trilogy to one commenter today!!!  What have you been doing since spring has finally sprung??  If you could visit any archaeological site, where would it be?  (I have a dream to visit Pompeii--or Sicily, like Clio Chase...).  What have you been reading lately???


Also, a very happy Mother's Day to the best, loveliest, and wisest of moms!