Hot purple! It's exciting to have a complete new look for my first published romance novel.

And it's fun to be able to announce that as of December 4, Almost a Gentleman will be available with a sexy new cover and a svelte new price (half of what it costs now!). And that the forthcoming mass paperback version is available right now for pre-order at Amazon.

And if you don't know much about Almost a Gentleman, which the All About Romance reviewer called "one of the most sensual reading experiences I've ever had," and a Desert Isle Keeper at that site, try an excerpt here.

While as for my forthcoming romance novel: it'll be another erotic Regency; it should be available in autumn 2008; and I'm hard at work on it. And as of this week, it's got a tentative title, which I love. But it is still tentative, so sorry, I'm not telling yet.

I do, however, feel confident in telling you that the new book's themes will be eros, esthetics, and empire. And as I'm able to slip you further hints about the direction it's going, they'll be on this page.

So please check back in from time to time - here, or at my Almost-a-Blog, and at my other homes in the blogosphere, History Hoydens and The Spiced Tea Party.

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Best,