Fun Weekend Links and Upcoming Book!

 

Hello everyone!  It's been ages since I popped in here, but I have been busy finishing a new Flora Flowerdew mystery, starting a new job (buyer for museum shops!), and getting ready for my last Harlequin Historical release, The Dollar Princess Dilemma.  It's a bittersweet moment, but I love this story so much--Gilded Age Newport!  Dukes and heiresses!  Yachts and beaches and mansions!  I hope you enjoy it, too.  (it will be out August 26, more info coming soon...)

In the meantime, I hope you're enjoying your summer, and here's a few things to read:

Robert Thurman, Buddhist scholar, dies at 84 (I heard him speak once, he was wonderful, riveting and funny and wise)

Frida Kahlo at Home

Royal Ascot Milliners Share Their Secrets

Rare first edition of Wuthering Heights goes up for auction

Another Poirot

Best indie bookstores in America

9 famous brides who didn't wear white (I wore pink!)

Things I Love Thursday

What I love today--hats! The blog formerly-known-as Project Rungay (one of my favorites, and a daily must-read!) is featuring some of the cracktastic hats of Royal Ascot. Go and check them out--and while you're there, be sure and take a look at the fab series they've been posting lately about the costumes of Mad Men. I never knew before how closely they delineate character progression--I'm always too caught up in saying "Ooooh, look at Betty's pretty dress!"

And I've always wanted to go to Ascot, too. I would find a totally rockin' hat.